Bashed Out

Bashed Out is the third studio album by British folk rock band This Is the Kit. It was released on 6 April 2015 through Brassland Records. Production was handled by Aaron Dessner.

Bashed Out
Studio album by
This Is the Kit
Released6 April 2015
Genre
Length37:34
LabelBrassland
ProducerAaron Dessner
This Is the Kit chronology
Wriggle Out the Restless
(2010)		 Bashed Out
(2015)		 Moonshine Freeze
(2017)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10[1]
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound8/10[3]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[4]
musicOMH[5]
NME7/10[6]
Pitchfork7.2/10[7]
Q[8]
Uncut8/10[9]

Bashed Out was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on eight reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.2 out of 10, based on eight reviews.[1]

Paul Faller of Drowned in Sound praised the album, stating "this album ought to see Kate Stables recognized as one of the most compelling voices in alt-folk".[3] Andrew Hannah of The Line of Best Fit said, "It's hard to find fault with Bashed Out; timeless and completely modern all at once, Stables might have taken a little bit of time to hit her stride with This Is The Kit but this combination of players has helped her realise a vision of sorts: it's as lucid a record as you'll hear all year".[4] Fiona Sturges of Uncut said, "It's an understated yet absorbing work, full of delicate arrangements that are elegantly swept along by Stables' gloriously tender vocals".[9] Writing for Pitchfork, Stephen Deusner said, "These new songs don’t sound terribly different from Stables’ first recordings nearly a decade ago, but the music is bolder and more purposeful, with a broader, richer palette of sounds".[7] Graeme Marsh of musicOMH said, "Whether or not it's enough to push Stables into a more prominent place, however, remains to be seen, but surely a wider acknowledgement of her prowess can’t be far away".[5] Matthew Horton of NME said, "The assembled talent takes This Is The Kit's traditional folk to the edge of the avant-garde".[6]

In a mixed review, John Aizlewood of Q said, "For much of Bashed Out, emotion is shown rather than told, but once the layers have been unpicked, it's obviously special".[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kate Stables.

No.TitleLength
1."Misunderstanding"5:01
2."Silver John"3:27
3."Spores All Settling"3:42
4."Magic Spell"4:20
5."Bashed Out"3:41
6."All In Cahoots"3:05
7."Nits"3:37
8."Vitamins"4:18
9."We Are In"3:19
10."Cold and Got Colder"3:04
Total length:37:34

References
  1. "Bashed Out by This Is The Kit reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "Critic Reviews for Bashed Out - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. Faller, Paul (31 March 2015). "Album Review: This is the Kit - Bashed Out". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. Hannah, Andrew (30 March 2015). "It'd be a pointless compartmentalising exercise to still call This Is The Kit a "folk" band". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. Marsh, Graeme (13 April 2015). "This Is The Kit - Bashed Out | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. Horton, Matthew (30 March 2015). "9 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week | NME". NME. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. Deusner, Stephen M. (16 April 2015). "This Is the Kit: Bashed Out". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. Aizlewood, John (2015). Q Magazine - May 2015. Q. p. 112.
  9. Sturges, Fiona (2015). Uncut May 2015 UK. Uncut. p. 83.
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