Brighter Wounds
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| Brighter Wounds | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 9, 2018[1] | |||
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| Length | 44:44 | |||
| Label | City Slang | |||
| Producer | Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang | |||
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| Singles from Brighter Wounds | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Clash | 7/10[9] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[10] |
| Slant Magazine |  [11] |
| Under the Radar | [12] |
Brighter Wounds is the fifth studio album by Son Lux. It was released through City Slang on February 9, 2018.[1] Music videos were created for "Slowly",[13] "All Directions",[14] and "The Fool You Need".[15]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77 based on 11 reviews. This indicated that it garnered "generally favorable reviews".[7]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Forty Screams" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Dream State" | 5:02 |
| 3. | "Labor" | 4:09 |
| 4. | "The Fool You Need" | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Slowly" | 4:00 |
| 6. | "All Directions" | 6:36 |
| 7. | "Aquatic" | 4:38 |
| 8. | "Surrounded" | 5:10 |
| 9. | "Young" | 1:11 |
| 10. | "Resurrection" | 5:31 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Son Lux
- Ryan Lott – performance, production, arrangement
- Rafiq Bhatia – performance, production, arrangement
- Ian Chang – performance, production, arrangement
Additional musicians
- Starr Busby – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Kate Davis – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Casey Dienel – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Nina Moffitt – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Kristin Slipp – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Vuyo Sotashe – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- DM Stith – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Vanessa Upson – vocals (1–4, 6, 10)
- Hideaki Aomori – clarinet (1, 2, 4, 10), flute (2), saxophone (2, 4)
- Hajnal Pivnick – violin (1, 10)
- Rob Moose – violin (1, 3, 6, 10), viola (1, 3, 6, 10)
- C.J. Camerieri – trumpet (2, 10), horn (9)
- Jackson Hill – bass guitar (3–5)
- Arrington de Dionyso – clarinet (3), flute (3)
- Indianapolis Children's Choir – vocals (4, 6, 10)
- Dave Douglas – trumpet (4)
- Trina Basu – violin (4)
- Arun Ramamurthy – violin (4)
- Anjna Swaminathan – violin (4)
- Nadia Sirota – viola (7)
- Alex Sopp – flute (10)
Technical personnel
- Ryan Lott – string arrangement (3, 6, 10), horn arrangement (9), mixing (4, 6, 7, 9)
- Rob Moose – string arrangement (1, 3, 6, 10)
- C.J. Camerieri – horn arrangement (9)
- Chris Tabron – mixing (1–3, 5, 8, 10)
- Dave Kutch – mastering (all tracks)
