New Gods (Withered Hand album)
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| Studio album by Withered Hand | ||||
| Released | March 10, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | Castle of Doom Studios | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 44:16 | |||
| Label | Fortuna Pop!, Slumberland Records | |||
| Producer | Tony Doogan | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (71/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| Cuepoint | A |
| The Quietus | (positive) |
| Drowned in Sound |   |
| Exclaim! | |
| NME | |
| Filter | (83%) |
| The List | |
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New Gods is the second album by Scottish indie rock musician Withered Hand, released on March 10, 2014. It features appearances from Pam Berry of Black Tambourine, as well as Eugene Kelly, members of Belle and Sebastian, Frightened Rabbit, and King Creosote. It was funded in part by Creative Scotland.
On the website Metacritic, which aggregates scores from reviews by well-known critics, the album has a score of 71%, indicating generally favorable reviews. The Quietus' Nicola Meighan described it as "wise, but never preaching" and wrote that while Withered Hand's debut album Good News discussed mainly Christianity-related topics, New Gods focuses more on "more fiery celestial deities – namely the sun and the stars in the sky."
New Gods was nominated for the Association of Independent Music's "Best Difficult Second Album" Award, but lost to Ben Watt's album Hendra.Robert Christgau named it the third best album of 2014 in his year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review.
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