Bloodroot (album)

Bloodroot is a 2017 album by Kelly Moran, released on Warp. The album has received positive reviews.

Bloodroot
A series of small black hatchings on a white background with "bloodroot" and "Kelly Moran" hand-written on it
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
Genre
Length30:59
LanguageInstrumental
LabelTelegraph Harp
ProducerKelly Moran
Kelly Moran chronology
Optimist
(2016)
Bloodroot
(2017)
Ultraviolet
(2018)

Recording and release

Moran composed the work on a prepared piano which she later modified for the 2018 release Ultraviolet.[1]

Critical reception

Album of the Year sums up the critical consensus as 79 out of 100, based on two reviews.[2] Seth Colter Walls of Pitchfork Media gave the release a 7.8 out of 10 for "melodic ingenuity" with the mix of instruments.[3] In Exclaim!, Kevin Press rated Bloodroot an eight out of 10, calling it "impressive [and] captivating", drawing parallels between several contemporary classical music and avant-garde composers as well as black metal acts.[4]

Track listing

All songs were written by Kelly Moran

  1. "Iris" – 1:52
  2. "Celandine" – 3:06
  3. "Freesia" – 2:22
  4. "Hyacinth" – 3:24
  5. "Liatris" – 2:10
  6. "Bloodroot" – 3:27
  7. "Calla" – 1:21
  8. "Statice" – 3:21
  9. "Aster" – 2:51
  10. "Limonium" – 2:01
  11. "Heliconia" – 5:04

Personnel

  • Kelly Moran – piano, electronics, songwriting, recording, production
  • Colin Marston mastering
  • Kevin McKay – cover art

See also

References

  1. Ham, Robert (November 16, 2018). "Kelly Moran". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. "Kelly Moran Bloodroot". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  3. Walls, Seth Colter (April 20, 2017). "Kelly Moran: Bloodroot". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  4. Press, Kevin (March 27, 2017). "Kelly Moran Bloodroot". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
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