Varmints (album)
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| Varmints | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 4 March 2016 | |||
| Genre | Electronic[1] | |||
| Length | 47:26 | |||
| Label | Moshi Moshi | |||
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Varmints is the debut studio album by the Scottish composer and electronica musician Anna Meredith, released on 4 March 2016 on Moshi Moshi. The album won Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2016.[2]
Accolades
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 84/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| DIY |   [5] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[6] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[1] |
| MusicOMH |  [7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10[8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Spectrum Culture | [10] |
| Uncut | 8/10[11] |
In a highly positive review for Pitchfork, Laura Snapes awarded Varmints with the website's "Best New Music" label, writing: "[Anna Meredith's] first wholly independent project reveals her to be one of the most innovative minds in modern British music: She wears her obvious theoretical grounding lightly and never lets it obstruct her ecstatic quest for new ideas and deranged stimuli. And Varmints is a knockout, the kind that makes you see cartoon stars."[8]
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | Ref. |
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| Pitchfork | The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 | 2016 | — | |
| The Quietus | Albums of the Year 2016 | 2016 | 49 |
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| The Skinny | Top 50 Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 17 |
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| The Wire | Top 50 Releases of 2016 | 2016 | 17 |
