Another Language (album)

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Another Language
File:This Will Destroy You - Another Language.jpg
Studio album by This Will Destroy You
Released September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
Recorded 2013-14
Genre Post-rock, doom metal, shoegaze
Length 47:01
Label Suicide Squeeze, Hobbledehoy
Producer John Congleton
This Will Destroy You chronology
Live in Reykjavik, Iceland
(2013)Live in Reykjavik, Iceland2013		 Another Language
(2014)
Singles from Another Language
  1. "Dustism"
    Released: June 23, 2014
  2. "Invitation"
    Released: August 11, 2014

Another Language is the third studio album by American post-rock band This Will Destroy You. It was released on September 12, 2014, by Suicide Squeeze Records and Hobbledehoy Record Co. Another Language was preceded by the digital release of two singles, "Dustism" and "Invitation".

Background and production

According to a press release published by Suicide Squeeze Records, the album was recorded after a "prolonged vacuous dark period that threatened to break both the band and the members themselves".[1] In February 2013, one of the band's guitarists, Jeremy Galindo, said that the band had started writing the next studio album.[2] Nine months later, the band said they were halfway done with the recording process.[3] In February 2014, the band's bassist Donovan Jones reported that they were still working on the album.[4]

Composition

According to the band, Another Language's sound is "more upbeat and rhythmic" than their previous work.[3] They also described the sound of the album with the genre "doomgaze", a portmanteau of the words doom metal and shoegaze.[5] Fred Thomas of AllMusic described the sound of the album as "far heavier" than the "tense, brooding post-rock" on the band's previous work. He characterized the sound of Another Language as "cinematic" post-rock influenced by doom metal and shoegaze, and called the production "more intricate" and "otherworldly". Thomas also praised the band's "always airtight sense of dynamics".[6] Matt Bobkin of Exclaim! labeled the album's sound as post-rock, but acknowledged that the band seemed to be moving away from that sound.[7]

The album's first track, "New Topia", "grows from laid-back rhythms and gentle bell sounds into a slow, pounding wail". Thomas found that the production of the track was influenced by drone metal, and the other sounds "blur into a hungry wash of delay and toothy noise". "Dustism" was characterized by "dubbed-out drums and high-pitched feedback synths", while "Invitation" features "rolling, distorted rhythms and faraway guitar sounds".[6] "Serpent Mound" features an ambient opening followed by "face-melting melodic guitar lines with a solid wave of fuzzy, distorted sound and crashing drums", described by Bobkin as "doomgaze".[7] The album's closing track, "God's Teeth", features ambient sounds that were compared to the works of Brian Eno and William Basinski.[6]

Release and promotion

The release and album artwork of the album were announced on June 23, 2014, with the release of the first single, "Dustism".[8] The album's second single, "Invitation", was released on August 11.[9] Another Language was made available for streaming through Pitchfork Media on September 8. A video to accompany the album was directed by Sean Miller and Christopher Royal King.[10][11]

Prior to the album release, This Will Destroy You announced a worldwide concert and festival tour, with support from Future Death and Silent Land Time Machine in North America, and Thought Forms and Lymbyc Systym in Europe.[8][12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 72/100[13]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[6]
Alternative Press 3.5/5 stars[14]
Consequence of Sound B-[15]
Exclaim! 7/10[7]
Kerrang! 3/5 stars[16]
Pitchfork Media 7.2/10[17]
PopMatters 6/10[18]

Another Language received positive reviews upon its release. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album held a score of 72/100 based on nine reviews—indicating "generally favorable reviews"—following its release.[13] Fred Thomas of AllMusic, who gave the album four out of five stars, complimented the band's "more intricate, otherworldly production methods" and ability to write intense songs that are not "overly long". He praised the closing track of the album, "God's Teeth", calling it "gorgeous and haunting".[6] Matt Bobkin of Exclaim!, who gave the album seven out of ten points, criticized the album for its long ambient segments in the middle of the record, but praised the following tracks, "Invitation" and "Memory Loss".[7]

Track listing

Standard edition[19]
No. Title Length
1. "New Topia"   5:28
2. "Dustism"   6:19
3. "Serpent Mound"   5:07
4. "War Prayer"   7:34
5. "The Puritan"   3:01
6. "Mother Opiate"   4:45
7. "Invitation"   4:07
8. "Memory Loss"   6:00
9. "God's Teeth"   4:40
Total length:
 47:01
Japanese edition (bonus tracks)[20]
No. Title Length
10. "Their Celebrations"   6:03
11. "Golden Wheel"   4:45

Credits

Credits adapted from Holodeck Records and Pitchfork Media.[21][17]

  • Alex Bhore - recording
  • John Congleton - production, recording, mixing
  • Alan Douches - mastering
  • Jeremy Galindo - mixing
  • Christopher King - recording, mixing
  • Land - art
  • Jon Slade - strings

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[22] 7

Release history

Country Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Austria September 12, 2014 Digital download Suicide Squeeze [23]
Finland [24]
Germany [25]
Ireland [26]
Netherlands [27]
Switzerland [28]
France September 15, 2014
  • Digital download
  • CD
  • 2LP
 [29][30][31]
Belgium Digital download [32]
Italy [33]
Luxembourg [34]
Portugal [35]
Spain [36]
Sweden [37]
United Kingdom
  • Digital download
  • CD
 [38][39]
Australia September 16, 2014
  • Digital download
  • CD
  • 2LP
 Hobbledehoy [40]
Canada Digital download Suicide Squeeze [41]
New Zealand
  • Digital download
  • CD
  • 2LP
 Hobbledehoy [40]
Norway Digital download Suicide Squeeze [42]
Singapore [43]
United States
Suicide Squeeze / Holodeck [19][44][21]
Japan October 22, 2014 N/A & Records [20]

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