''Sacrifices'' is a 2018
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by
Guillermo Scott Heren as under his alias of Prefuse 73. It was released on May 25, 2018.
Style
Daniel Sylvester of ''
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
'' found the sound of the album to be similar to Herren's earlier music, noting a return to "sparse hip-hop beats that defined his celebrated 2001 debut, ''
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives''.
Release
''Sacrifices'' was released on May 25, 2018 through
Lex Records
Lex Records is a British independent record label based in Camden, London, England.
Style
Lex has a varied musical output. Most releases are alternative hip hop, alternative rock or electronic. The label works with a small group of artists. ...
digitally, and received a physical release on June 15.
Reception
Sylvester awarded the album a 7 out of 10 in ''Exclaim!'', noting that "much of Sacrifices, including several of the album's under-one-minute tracks, borrow too much from Herren's early work, there simply so much to love about the simplicity of Herren's new material." and that it was "simply refreshing to hear Herren sound uncomplicated, uniform and so focused."
Mehan Jayasuriya of
Pitchfork gave the album a 5.9 out of ten, noting that the songs on ''Sacrifices'' "feel slight, with songs that too often fade into the background".
Track listing
# "New Salad Intro"
# "Late to the Party"
# "Her Desire is to be Left Alone"
# "Transmission Nines"
# "Without Anyone"
# "The New Year"
# "Gravure"
# "Washington Heights Lovers"
# "Basinkitarian"
# "Silver & Gold"
# "The World is Bigger"
# "In the Blood"
# "Transmission of Eights"
# "Azares"
# "Dripping With Excuses"
# "False Charges"
# "We Lost our Beat Tape in Mecca"
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References
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2018 albums
Prefuse 73 albums
Lex Records albums