A Distant Call
2019 studio album by Sheer Mag
A Distant Call is the second studio album by American band Sheer Mag. It was released on August 23, 2019, through the band's own label; Wilsuns Recording Company.
The first single from the album, "Blood From A Stone," was released on June 19, 2019.
01Release and promotion
Singles
Three singles were released on A Distant Call which were released prior to the release of the album. The first single, "Blood From A Stone" was released on June 19, 2019, which coincided with the album's announcement. The second single, "Hardly to Blame", was released on July 22, 2019. The third, and final single from the album, "The Killer", came out on August 19, 2019.
02Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10 |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Consequence of Sound | B |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | |
| Paste | 8.5/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
A Distant Call was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 12 reviews.
03Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Steel Sharpens Steel" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Blood From a Stone" | 2:37 |
| 3. | "Unfound Manifest" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Silver Line" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Hardly to Blame" | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Cold Sword" | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Chopping Block" | 2:32 |
| 8. | "The Right Stuff" | 3:14 |
| 9. | "The Killer" | 4:43 |
| 10. | "Keep On Runnin" | 3:07 |
Sources and credits
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