Transmissions (Amos Lee album)
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| Released | August 9, 2024 | |||
| Length | 51:02 | |||
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| Producer | Amos Lee | |||
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Transmissions is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Amos Lee. It was released on August 9, 2024, under Lee's own imprint Hoagiemouth Records with distribution handled by Thirty Tigers.[1]
Transmissions was announced by Lee on March 14, 2024 alongside a tour in promotion of it for summer 2024; it is his first album of original material since Dreamland (2022).[2] The album was produced by Lee himself and recorded it live with his band within a timeframe of a week in Upstate New York.[3]
The lead single from the album, "Hold On Tight", was released on April 24, 2024.[4] The second single, "Beautiful Day", was released on May 29, 2024.[5] The third and final single, "Darkest Places", was released on July 10, 2024.[6]
Critical reception
Avery Gregurich of No Depression wrote in her review of Transmissions that it was "an album of personal retrospection in a culture flowing at hyperspeed" that was "about middle life, love, and yielding to the moment that you are in with grace and humility."[7] Writing for American Songwriter, Hal Horowitz rated the album three-and-a-half out of five "notes" and described it as "reflective, often hushed and musically stripped-down". He concluded his review by writing that it was "heartfelt" and "sincere" while comparing it to Lee's previous efforts, while also remarking that the album "[nudged] lyrical and occasionally vocal boundaries with [Lee's] refined, moving approach."[8]