Metalepsis (album)
| Metalepsis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Original release cover, a 2019 re-release features a photo of a woman eating an octopus | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 24, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Eartheater's home studio | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 34:16 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Hausu Mountain | |||
| Producer | Alexandra Drewchin | |||
| Eartheater chronology | ||||
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Metalepsis is the debut studio album by American electronic musician Eartheater. It was released through Hausu Mountain on February 24, 2015. The album has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.5⁄10[2] |
| TinyMixTapes | [3] |
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Paul Simpson writing that this release addresses "spirituality, nature, and the internet through a fragmentary mixture of electro-acoustic freak-folk".[1] Online music platform Bandcamp highlighted Metalepsis as Album of the Day and writer Miles Bowe remarked that the "most abstract moments are also its most resonant in hindsight with "weightless, insular soundscapes [that] connect the album’s brightest moments, making them feel like extraterrestrial encounters".[4] Writing for Pitchfork Media, Colin Joyce rated this album 7.5 out of 10, calling it "a vision of psychedelic music that embraces both conventional folk elements and stranger experimentation".[2] Pat Beane of TinyMixTapes rated Metalepsis 4 out of 5, writing that "many of these songs are covered in and born of the textural strains of Drewchin’s voice and electronics" and he album hinges on what breaks down and what persists; its deviations and pulses are Drewchin showing her hand, the hand that puts a head inside a head".[3]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Alex Drewchin.
- "MacroEV" – 3:26
- "Homonyms" – 4:06
- "The Internet Is Handmade" – 3:36
- "Put a Head in a Head" – 2:29
- "Youniverse" – 2:11
- "View Point Strata" – 1:13
- "Sigil Life" – 2:36
- "Orbit" – 10:30
- "Infinity" – 4:09
Personnel[edit]
- Eartheater – instrumentation, vocals, recording, production, design, cover on re-release
- Maxwell Allison – design
- Chris Carlone – on re-release
- Markus S. Fiedler – logo on re-release
- Doug Kaplan – additional mixing
- Patrick Klem – mastering
- Mr. Doug Doug – on "Orbit"
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Simpson, Paul (n.d.). "Eartheater – Metalepsis". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Joyce, Colin (March 5, 2015). "Eartheater: Metalepsis Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Beane, Pat (March 30, 2015). "Eartheater – Metalepsis". Music Reviews. TinyMixTapes. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Bowe, Miles (August 7, 2019). "Album of the Day: Eartheater, "Metalepsis"". Album of the Day. Bandcamp. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Metalepsis at Discogs (list of releases)
- Metalepsis at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
