Baby is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Casey Dienel's act White Hinterland, released on April 1, 2014, through Dead Oceans.[1]
| Baby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Art pop, indie pop | |||
| Length | 47:01 | |||
| Label | Dead Oceans | |||
| Producer | Casey Dienel, Alexis Gideon | |||
| White Hinterland chronology | ||||
| ||||
Dienel made the ten-song album in a studio she developed in the basement of her childhood home in Scituate, Massachusetts.[2]
Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Rolling Stone |    [4] |
| NME |
[5] |
| Boston Globe | Favorable[6] |
| AllMusic | [7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[8] |
Rolling Stone gave the album three and a half of five stars, noting the vocal range Dienel displays on the album, "singing in operatic quivers, howling yelps, haunting harmonic layers and even full-on vocal fry without showing any seams."[4] NME also gave the album three and a half of five stars, saying Baby's sound took previous influences and created something "warm-blooded, rich and at ease with itself. Something that takes the bits of Mariah – ‘Emotions’, ‘Fantasy’ – that didn’t make you want to kill children and wraps them up in the indie tastes of post-Dirty Projectors America." The review criticized the absence of a hook in places, but said "These are quibbles, though, given how much Dienel seems to be pulling ahead of her overcrowded field."[5] Reviewing the album in the Boston Globe, Marc Hirsch said, Baby "seems to construct itself as it goes, incrementally expanding from the bits and scraps of piano and multi-layered unaccompanied vocals of opener 'Wait Until Dark' and culminating in the rollicking, if skewed, roll of penultimate track 'Sickle No Sword.'"[6]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Casey Dienel
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wait until Dark" | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Dry Mind" | 2:04 |
| 3. | "Ring the Bell" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "David" | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Baby" | 5:14 |
| 6. | "White Noise" | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Metronome" | 5:05 |
| 8. | "No Devotion" | 4:57 |
| 9. | "Sickle No Sword" | 5:39 |
| 10. | "Live with You" | 4:29 |
References
edit- ^ "Manic" Archived August 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Press release on the new album.
- ^ "White Hinterland: Boldly Embracing An Evocative Pop Sound". WNYC. April 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ "Baby Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ a b Drell, Cady (April 1, 2014). "Baby". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "White Hinterland – 'Baby'". NME. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Hirsch, Marc (April 1, 2014). "ALBUM REVIEW: White Hinterland, 'Baby'". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Fred. "Baby – White Hinterland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ Mejia, Paula (April 4, 2014). "Baby Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
 | This 2010s indie pop album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |