Close to the Glass

Close to the Glass is the seventh studio album by German electronic band The Notwist.[2] It was released on February 24, 2014 under City Slang in Europe.[3] It was released on February 25, 2014 under Sub Pop in the United States.[3]

Close to the Glass
Studio album by The Notwist
Released	February 25, 2014[1]
Genre	Electronic, experimental, post-rock
Length	47:26
Label	City Slang, Sub Pop
The Notwist chronology
The Devil, You + Me (2008) Close to the Glass (2014) The Messier Objects (2015)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Alternative Press	[1]
The A.V. Club	B+[6]
Consequence of Sound	C+[7]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[8]
MusicOMH	[9]
Pitchfork	6.4/10[10]
PopMatters	[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

At Alternative Press, Reed Fischer rated the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, stating that "Close To The Glass resembles ice-skate carvings on a frozen lake: jagged, cold but filled with fractured ambient beauty."[1] Heather Phares of AllMusic rated the album four stars, noting "the way they join the organic and the electronic, the cerebral and the emotional on Close to the Glass makes it the most thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable album of the Notwist's career to date."[5]

Close to the Glass received a nomination for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award.[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Signals"	3:41
2.	"Close to the Glass"	2:57
3.	"Kong"	4:31
4.	"Into Another Tune"	3:57
5.	"Casino"	3:14
6.	"From One Wrong Place to the Next"	2:44
7.	"7-Hour-Drive"	3:57
8.	"The Fifth Quarter of the Globe"	0:49
9.	"Run Run Run"	5:04
10.	"Steppin' In"	2:00
11.	"Lineri"	8:52
12.	"They Follow Me"	5:41

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14]	8
US Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[15]	15

References

1. Fischer, Reed (2014). "The Notwist – Close To The Glass". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 2014 (308): 93. ISSN 1065-1667. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
2. "The Notwist announce first new album since 2008, 'Close to the Glass,' on Sub Pop (stream the title track)". BrooklynVegan. November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
3. Minsker, Evan (November 19, 2013). "The Notwist Announce New Album Close to the Glass, Share Title Track". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
4. "Close to the Glass by The Notwist". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
5. Phares, Heather (February 24, 2014). "Close to the Glass - The Notwist : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
6. Brusie, David (February 25, 2014). "On Close To The Glass, The Notwist loses none of its glitchy charm". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
7. Lenz, Kristofer. "Album Review: The Notwist –Close to the Glass". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
8. Takru, Radhika (February 20, 2014). "Album Review: The Notwist - Close to the Glass". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
9. Kilby, Dylan (February 23, 2014). "The Notwist - Close to the Glass". MusicOMH. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
10. Neyland, Nick (February 27, 2014). "The Notwist: Close to the Glass". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
11. Stevens, Nathan (February 26, 2014). "The Notwist: Close to the Glass". PopMatters. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
12. Chandler, Simon (March 4, 2014). "The Notwist - Close to the Glass". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
13. "23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA. January 29, 2015.
14. "The Notwist - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
15. "The Notwist - Chart history - Tastemaker Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

External links

• Close to the Glass at Discogs (list of releases)