Reception July (album)

1 reception

1.1 critical reception
1.2 singles
1.3 chart performance

reception
critical reception

july has received positive feedback music critics. @ metacritic, album received metascore of 83, based on 25 reviews, indicating universal acclaim. album received exact score of 4 out of 5 majority of music publications, including allmusic, musicomh, nme, drowned in sound, fact magazine, blurt magazine , pop matters, pitchfork breaking trend awarding album 8.1 out of 10.

in positive review pop matters called album triumph , 1 of 2014 s best albums far, while spin included album on list of best overlooked albums of 2014 far, calling masterfully composed release .

about atmosphere of album, vice media s noisey website wrote darkly lit july moody trip through heat spells , night drives... nadler’s quiet songwriting , ethereal sound give july sound s, @ times, sinister . noisey further wrote spectral voice earns comparisons siren , production adds deadliness sound . steven rosen of blurt magazine wrote nadler manages achieve almost-hallucinatory effect out of singing, multi-tracking voice create ghostly pillowing effect. production randall dunn highlights this, choosing instruments – strings, synths, piano, pedal steel, nadler’s own reflective acoustic , 12-string guitar – create sanctuary, safe haven, sing these 11 measured, stately compositions .

singles

the first single album, dead city emily, positively received stereogum “ethereal spine-tingler” , brooklyn vegan “a track haunting , delicate of best tracks date.”

chart performance

july debuted @ no. 16 on billboard folk albums chart , no. 14 on billboard top heatseekers albums chart.