Good News (Withered Hand album)
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| Studio album by Withered Hand | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2009 (in the UK on B&D), March 5, 2011 (on Absolutely Kosher) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 38:57 | |||
| Label | Absolutely Kosher Records | |||
| Producer | Kramer[1] | |||
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Good News is the first full-length album by Scottish visual artist Dan Willson, d/b/a Withered Hand. Originally released on September 14, 2009 in the UK on SL Records, it was re-released on Absolutely Kosher Records in 2011 in the US.[2] The album's title is a reference to Willson's upbringing as an Evangelical Christian.[3]
Maggoty Lamb has written that "If you want to hear an album that genuinely does justice to the manna-from-heaven style succour that Domino Records' pre-Franz Ferdinand roster of US acoustic misfits gave to those wandering in the post-Britpop wilderness, Good News by Withered Hand...is the one to go for. Not so much for its explicit acknowledgement of aesthetic debt (lines about writing "the Silver Jews" on people's shoulder bags will only take you so far) as for the authentically homegrown twist the songwriting manages to put on its transatlantic influences."[4]
The album was funded by the Scottish Arts Council.[3]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (85/100)[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Blurt | (positive)[6] |
| The Phoenix |   [7] |
| PopMatters | (8/10)[2] |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[8] |
| Rolling Stone |  [9] |
| The List | [1] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
Track Listing
- Providence
- Cornflake
- Love in the Time of Ecstasy
- Joy
- New Dawn
- Religious Songs
- No Cigarettes
- I Am Nothing
- Hard On
- For the Maudlin
References
- 1 2 Meighan, Nicola (3 September 2009). "Good News Review". The List. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- 1 2 Withered Hand: Good News | PopMatters
- 1 2 Withered Hand Profile, Absolutely Kosher Records
- ↑ Lamb, Maggoty (23 June 2010). "Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb asks 'What's nu- pussycat?' and finds the devil is in the details". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ Good News, Metacritic
- ↑ Withered Hand - Good News | Blurt Magazine
- ↑ Withered Hand | Good News - CD Reviews
- ↑ Robert Christgau: CG: withered
- ↑ Good News | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone
- ↑ Brown, Ally (24 August 2009). "Good News". The Skinny. Retrieved 19 April 2014.