Guild of the Asbestos Weaver
Studio album by
Released23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
GenreAvant-pop[1]
Length39:40
LabelThrill Jockey
Alexander Tucker chronology
Don't Look Away
(2018)
Guild of the Asbestos Weaver
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AOTY64/100[2]
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
MusicOMH[5]

Guild of the Asbestos Weaver is the eighth studio album by English musician Alexander Tucker. It was released on 23 August 2019 by Thrill Jockey.[6]

The album is inspired by the 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and references H. P. Lovecraft and Alan Moore.[7][5]

Critical reception

Guild of the Asbestos Weaver 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 74, based on 7 reviews.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Energy Alphas"7:21
2."Artificial Origin"9:05
3."Montag"5:48
4."Precog"7:06
5."Cryonic"10:20

References

  1. Tucker, Simon (16 August 2019). "Alexander Tucker: Guild of the Asbestos Weaver – album review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Alexander Tucker - Guild of the Asbestos Weaver". Album of the Year. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. 1 2 Marsh, Graeme (3 September 2019). "Alexander Tucker - Guild of the Asbestos Weaver". MusicOMH. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  6. "Alexander Tucker To Release New Album". The Quietus. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  7. Eede, Christian (20 August 2019). "The New Alexander Tucker Album". The Quietus. Retrieved 26 October 2019.


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