Varmints (album)

Varmints
Studio album by
Anna Meredith
Released4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)
GenreElectronic[1]
Length47:26
LabelMoshi Moshi
Anna Meredith chronology
Jet Black Raider
(2013) 		Varmints
(2016) 		Anno
(2018)

Varmints is the debut studio album by the Scottish composer and electronica musician Anna Meredith, released on 4 March 2016 on Moshi Moshi. The album won Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2016.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[3]
Metacritic84/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY[5]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[6]
Loud and Quiet8/10[1]
MusicOMH[7]
Pitchfork8.4/10[8]
Q[9]
Spectrum Culture[10]
Uncut8/10[11]

In a highly positive review for Pitchfork, Laura Snapes awarded Varmints with the website's "Best New Music" label, writing: "[Anna Meredith's] first wholly independent project reveals her to be one of the most innovative minds in modern British music: She wears her obvious theoretical grounding lightly and never lets it obstruct her ecstatic quest for new ideas and deranged stimuli. And Varmints is a knockout, the kind that makes you see cartoon stars."[8]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 2016 —
[12]
The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016 2016
49
[13]
The Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2016 2016
17
[14]
The Wire Top 50 Releases of 2016 2016
17
[15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Nautilus"5:30
2."Taken"4:50
3."Scrimshaw"4:43
4."Something Helpful"3:13
5."R-Type"4:42
6."Dowager"5:22
7."The Vapours"6:33
8."Honeyed Words"3:17
9."Last Rose"3:31
10."Shill"2:47
11."Blackfriars"2:58

References

  1. ^ a b Thompson, James F. (26 February 2016). "Anna Meredith – Varmints". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Anna Meredith's Varmints awarded Scottish Album of the Year". BBC. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Varmints by Anna Meredith reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Reviews for Varmints by Anna Meredith". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ^ Connick, Tom (4 March 2016). "Anna Meredith – Varmints". DIY. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  6. ^ Rindner, Grant (29 February 2016). "Anna Meredith's jaw-dropping debut avoids genre limitations by reinventing them". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  7. ^ Bemrose, Bekki (1 March 2016). "Anna Meredith – Varmints". MusicOMH. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ a b Snapes, Laura (7 March 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. ^ Segal, Victoria (May 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Q (358): 112.
  10. ^ Beaudoin, Jedd (15 March 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. ^ Martin, Gavin (May 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Uncut (228): 76.
  12. ^ "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016". Pitchfork. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  13. ^ "The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016". The Quietus. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2016". The Skinny. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Listen to The Wire's Top 50 Releases of 2016". The Wire. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.