"Darling the Dawn" is the debut studio album by Canadian post-rock duo All Hands_Make Light.

"Darling the Dawn"
A simple drawing of a colorful sun above a few figures walking along the bottom of the album cover
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)
Recorded2022
StudioThee Might Hotel2Tango, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre
Length44:00
LanguageEnglish
LabelConstellation
All Hands_Make Light chronology
All Hands_Make Light
(2021)
"Darling the Dawn"
(2023)

Reception

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A brief review for BrooklynVegan by Andrew Sacher considers this music a mixture of Broken Social Scene and Godspeed! You Black Emperor.[1] Nicholas Sokic rated this release an 8 out of 10 for Exclaim!, writing that "the guitar-free, orchestral shoegaze is propped up by a treasure trove of Montreal's independent music scene".[2] In Uncut, Sharon O'Connell gave Darling the Dawn a 7 out of 10, calling it "luminous" with "soundscapes that shift across drone, ancestral chant, shoegaze and a forlorn take on sacred music, lent extra otherworldly heft by Engle’s beauteous vocals".[3]

The album was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "A Sparrows’ Lift" – 3:13
  2. "We Live on a Fucking Planet and Baby That’s the Sun" – 10:07
  3. "Waiting for the Light to Quit" – 4:46
  4. "A Workers’ Graveyard (Poor Eternal)" – 3:07
  5. "The Sons and Daughters of Poor Eternal" – 9:28
  6. "Anchor" – 7:30
  7. "Lie Down in Roses Dear" – 5:50

Personnel

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All Hands_Make Light

Additional personnel

  • Michele Fiedler Fuentes – artwork
  • Jace Lasek – mixing
  • Jessica Moss – violin
  • Harris Newman – mastering
  • Liam O’Neill – drums

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sacher, Andrew (April 21, 2023). "Album Reviews: redveil, Esther Rose, superviolet, Alfa Mist, more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Sokic, Nicholas. "ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT are Time Travellers on 'Darling the Dawn'". Reviews. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600.
  3. ^ O'Connell, Sharon (June 2023). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 23. ISSN 1368-0722.
  4. ^ Minsker, Evan (June 13, 2023). "Polaris Prize 2023 Long List: Alvvays, Feist, U.S. Girls, Andy Shauf, and More". News. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
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