Golden Skies
Studio album by
Mono/Poly
ReleasedAugust 26, 2014 (2014-08-26)
GenreElectronic
Length39:58
LabelBrainfeeder
Producer
Mono/Poly chronology
Paramatma
(2010)		 Golden Skies
(2014)		 Monotomic
(2019)

Golden Skies is the second studio album by American electronic musician Mono/Poly. It was released via Brainfeeder on August 26, 2014.[1][2] It features contributions from Mendee Ichikawa of Free Moral Agents, Rebekah Raff, Niki Randa, and Thundercat.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[5]
Pitchfork7.3/10[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating that it is "more complex, finessed, and melodic" than Mono/Poly's first studio album, Paramatma (2010).[4] Matthew Phillips of Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album 3 stars out of 5, commenting that "Golden Skies' sleek beat structures leave just enough room for the complexity of the synthesis to shine before the melody pulls away your attention."[7] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 of 10, writing, "The big hook on Golden Skies to pull listeners in centers around just what Mono/Poly does with well-known synthesizer sounds."[6] He added, "The record resembles a lot of recent Brainfeeder-y stuff you might've heard before, except tinkered with a bit and with a more dazed approach to the cosmic allusions of Ras G's Back on the Planet, or the euphoric disorientation of Flying Lotus' Until the Quiet Comes and Thundercat's Apocalypse."[6] Rory Foster of The Line of Best Fit gave the album a 7 out of 10, calling it "a distinctly spiritual journey, a soundtrack to the heavens, and not a bad one to boot."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Charles Dickerson, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Winds of Change" 3:28
2."Transit to the Golden Planet"
  • Dickerson
  • Rebekah Raff
2:26
3."Ra Rise"
  • Dickerson
  • Niki Randa
3:47
4."Golden Gate" 1:45
5."Golden Skies" 3:19
6."Light Age" 2:14
7."Alpha & Omega" 3:33
8."Urania" 3:20
9."Empyrean" (featuring Mendee Ichikawa)
3:35
10."Dreamscape" 1:36
11."Night Garden" 3:51
12."Euphoria" 3:19
13."Gamma"
3:44
Total length:39:58

References

  1. ↑ Martins, Chris (June 26, 2014). "Hear Mono/Poly Summon The Sun On Beatwise 'Ra Rise'". Spin. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Stream New Albums From the Rentals, Opeth, Cassie Ramone, and Mono/Poly Via Pitchfork Advance". Pitchfork. August 19, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. ↑ Natvralism (August 26, 2014). "Mono/Poly – Golden Skies". Brainfeeder. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Mono/Poly - Golden Skies". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Foster, Rory (August 27, 2014). "Mono/Poly - Golden Skies". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Patrin, Nate (September 2, 2014). "Mono/Poly: Golden Skies". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Phillips, Matthew (September 2, 2014). "Mono/Poly - Golden Skies". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
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