''Terms of Surrender'' is a

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 American band

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. It was released on September 20, 2019 under

Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...

. The album was produced by MC Taylor and Brad Cook.

Critical reception

''Terms of Surrender'' was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews.

Accolades

The album received a nomination for

Best Americana Album The Grammy Award for Best Americana Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Americana music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors ...

at the

63rd Annual Grammy Awards The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 201 ...

Track listing

Personnel

* MC Taylor - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo * Phil Cook - acoustic and electric pianos, organ, electric guitar, harmonica * Brad Cook - bass guitar, mandolin, synths *

Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie ...

- electric guitar, high-strung acoustic guitar, piano * Josh Kaufman - acoustic and electric guitars, lap steel, synths * Matt McCaughan - drums, percussion, Omnichord *

Jenny Lewis Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child a ...

- harmony vocals * Alexandra Sauser-Monnig - harmony vocals * Madalyn Stefanak - harmony vocals

Charts

References

2019 albums Hiss Golden Messenger albums Merge Records albums {{2010s-album-stub