Yawn (album)
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| Released | 2 November 2018 | |||
| Length | 52:26 | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
| Producer | Bill Ryder-Jones | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| DIY | [3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8.5/10[5] |
Yawn is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Bill Ryder-Jones. It was released on 2 November 2018, by Domino Recording Company.[6]
Release
[edit]On 21 August 2018, Ryder-Jones announced the release of his fourth studio album, along with the single "Mither".[6] The music video to the single was directed by James Slater, and shows Ryder-Jones performing in a factory.[7] In a press release, Bill said of the album:
"Yawn is an album that looks for understanding - down the back of life's sofa. These are everyday stories about situations we all fall from and into, out of, and back up against the wall again - and they are sung to us, up close, by a voice still in hock to a few uncomfortable truths."[8]
The second single "And Then There's You" was released on 5 September 2018.[9][10]
A reworked version of the album titled Yawny Yawn, featuring only vocals and piano, was released in 2019.[11]
Critical reception
[edit]Yawn was met with "universal acclaim" 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 81 based on 12 reviews.[1]
Timothy Monger of AllMusic explained the release "takes the form of gently melodic and sometimes noisy slowcore guitar rock, its slow dreamy grooves punctuated with squalls of distortion and grainy textures. Yawn has its moments of beauty and craft, but the payoffs are so subtle and slow to arrive that its title becomes the regrettably inevitable reaction."[2] Sarah Pope of DIY gave the release three stars out of five, explaining that the albums "10 tracks all sprawl along at a similar down-tempo pace, Bill's fragile whisper of a croon only adding to the aura of lethargic night times spent alone."[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "There's Something on Your Mind" | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Time Will Be the Only Saviour" | 5:52 |
| 3. | "Recover" | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Mither" | 6:08 |
| 5. | "And Then There's You" | 4:35 |
| 6. | "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" | 5:17 |
| 7. | "Don't Be Scared, I Love You" | 4:17 |
| 8. | "John" | 4:38 |
| 9. | "No One's Trying to Kill You" | 6:22 |
| 10. | "Happy Song" | 6:38 |
Personnel
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Charts
[edit]| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] | 58 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 57 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b Monger, Timothy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b Pope, Sarah (2 November 2018). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Petridis, Alex (21 December 2018). "Yawn review – emotion, elation and effortless intimacy". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Oinonen, Janne (30 October 2018). "Bill Ryder-Jones' star continues to rise on the superb Yawn". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b Kenneally, Cerys (21 August 2018). "Bill Ryder-Jones announces new album, shares first single "Mither"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Bill Ryder-Jones - Mither". YouTube. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Roberts, Christopher (24 August 2018). "13 Best Songs of the Week". Under the Radar. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Kenneally, Cerys (5 September 2018). "Bill Ryder-Jones shares wistful new track "And Then There's You"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Bill Ryder-Jones shares new song 'And Then There's You'". Domino Recording Company. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Yawny Yawn, by Bill Ryder-Jones". Bill Ryder-Jones. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
