Hollow Ground is the debut studio album by American musician Max Clarke, under his musical project Cut Worms. It was released on May 4, 2018, by Jagjaguwar.[1]
| Hollow Ground | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | July 2016 |
| Studio | Dream Star Studios, Los Angeles, California Gary's Electric Studio[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 38:09 |
| Label | Jagjaguwar |
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Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[5] |
| MusicOMH |  [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[7] |
Hollow Ground was met with "generally favorable" 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 80, based on 7 reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews.[2]
Tim Sendra from AllMusic said of the album: "With producers Jonathan Rado and Jason Finkel helping out, Clarke plays most of the instruments, vocally plays the role of both Phil and Don, and masterfully straddles the line between soda shop-sweet pop and richly twangy country as Hollow Ground's mix of jangling uptempo tracks, quiet ballads loaded with lap and pedal steel, and swaying midtempo doo wop roll by like the best songs on a greatest-hits album.[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "How It Can Be" | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Coward's Confidence" | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" | 2:51 |
| 4. | "It Won't Be Too Long" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Till Tomorrow Goes Away" | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Like Going Down Sideways" | 5:24 |
| 7. | "Think I Might Be in Love" | 4:21 |
| 8. | "Cash for Gold" | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Hanging Your Picture Up to Dry" | 3:05 |
| 10. | "Mad About You" | 4:02 |
Personnel
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References
edit- ^ a b Manno, Lizzie (March 6, 2018). "Cut Worms Announce Debut Album Hollow Ground, Share Stop-Motion "Don't Want To Say Good-bye" Video". Paste. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Pageau, Mathias (May 1, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Horton, Ross (May 5, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Corcoran, Nina (May 3, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 24, 2020.