Heaven (Dilly Dally album)

Heaven is the second studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Dilly Dally. It was released on September 14, 2018 by Partisan Records.[12]

Heaven
Studio album by
Dilly Dally
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
Genre
Length34:12
LabelPartisan
ProducerRob Schnapf
Dilly Dally chronology
Sore
(2015)		 Heaven
(2018)
Singles from Heaven
  1. "I Feel Free"
    Released: June 26, 2018
  2. "Sober Motel"
    Released: August 8, 2018
  3. "Doom"
    Released: September 6, 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 4058/10[4]
Clash7/10[5]
DIY[6]
Exclaim!8/10[7]
MusicOMH[8]
NME[9]
Pitchfork7.8/10[10]
The Skinny[11]

Production

The album was recorded in Toronto, Canada, with producer Rob Schnapf.[13] The album came about during a time when the band were close to quitting, not long after their non-stop work schedule after their debut album in 2015.[14]

Release

On June 26, 2018, Dilly Dally announced the release of their second studio album, along with the first single "I Feel Free".[12] Of the single, vocalist Katie Monks said: "This song is me asking my bandmates to let go of what’s been weighing us down. We’re not going to let the past hold us back from our dreams. Let's do this thing."[15]

The second single "Sober Motel" was released on August 8, 2018.[14] Monks explained the single "is a celebration of sobriety, in the midst of an industry that is anything but. I wrote it in a motel bathroom after taking a mystical shower alone. There was something really pure about it all."[14]

The third single "Doom" was released on September 6, 2018.[16]

The fourth single "Marijuana" was released on November 13, 2018.[17] The title of the track came about with the legalization of marijuana in Canada, with Monks' explaining "We’ve been inhaling so much fear and hate from our televisions, our leaders, social media. I don’t know about you, but the anxiety and eventual depression became overbearing. The only way I could keep functioning, and get through writing this record, was with some assistance from weed. Basically, if I didn’t write anything good by sun down - I would smoke sativa for good measure. It would clear my creative pathways, help me forget about the expectations of others, and almost hide away in my own protective energy field."[18]

Tour

In support of the album, the band went on tour, starting on September 7, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and finishing on November 2, 2018 at Fox Oakland Theatre in Oakland, California.[15] On November 2018, further announcements of the tour were announced from March 19, 2019 to April 20, 2019.[19]

Critical reception

Heaven was met with "universal acclaim" 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 82 based on 9 reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 80 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 16 reviews.[1]

Andy Johnston of The 405 explained: "For an album that’s purportedly all about hope and positivity, Heaven is an almost oppressively heavy listen. The full-blooded energy and youthful, lascivious abandon of the band’s 2015 debut, Sore, is present only in trace elements, replaced by a palpably depressive, inescapably doom-laden mood, punctuated only briefly by bursts of light."[4] Ava Muir of Exclaim! explained: "While Sore was a ferocious and sludgy monster, Heaven feels tamer—a sturdy shoulder to lean on rather than mosh your pent-up rage to. Amidst hazy guitar riffs, melodic bass tones, and the frequent swap of Katie Monks' vocals from her distinctively raspy howl to more subdued singing, Heaven manifests as its own beast entirely."[7]

The release got ranked at Number 32 on Exclaim!'s Top 50 Canadian Albums of the 2010s.[20]

Accolades
Accolades for Heaven
Publication Accolade Rank
PopMatters Top 70 Albums of 2018
66[21]
Uproxx Top 50 Albums of 2018
47[22]
Upset Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2018
25[23]

Track listing
Heaven track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I Feel Free"3:40
2."Doom"3:55
3."Believe"4:22
4."Sober Motel"3:48
5."Sorry Ur Mad"3:41
6."Marijuana"4:10
7."Pretty Cold"2:38
8."Bad Biology"4:43
9."Heaven"3:15

Personnel

References
  1. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  2. "Heaven - Dilly Dally". AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  4. Johnston, Andy (September 14, 2018). "Doomy Toronto grunge-rockers, Dilly Dally, return with their sophomore LP, Heaven, a profoundly heavy record in more ways than one". The 405. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  5. Gabert-Doyon, Josh (September 14, 2018). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  6. Richards, Will. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  7. Muir, Ava (September 10, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  8. Murphy, John (September 14, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  9. Bassett, Jordan (September 11, 2018). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  10. Pelly, Jenn (September 14, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  11. Ramsden, Rosie (September 11, 2018). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  12. Murray, Robin (June 26, 2018). "Dilly Dally Announce New Album". Clash. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  13. Blistein, Jon (August 7, 2018). "Hear Dilly Dally Brush Off Booze on Thunderous New Song 'Sober Motel'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  14. Schatz, Lake (August 8, 2018). "Dilly Dally kick their bad habits on new song "Sober Motel"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  15. Blistein, Jon (June 26, 2018). "Dilly Dally Preview New Album With Searing 'I Feel Free'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  16. "Dilly Dally Share New Single". DIY. September 6, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  17. Legaspi, Althea (November 13, 2018). "See Dilly Dally's Katie Monks Cry White Noise In New 'Marijuana' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  18. "Dilly Dally celebrate weed legalisation in Canada". DIY. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  19. Murphy, Sarah (November 13, 2018). "Dilly Dally Map Out North American "Heaven Tour"". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  20. "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Canadian Albums of the 2010s". Exclaim!. October 31, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  21. "The 70 Best Albums of 2018". PopMatters. December 20, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  22. "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Uproxx. December 3, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  23. "The Best of 2018". Upset Magazine. December 19, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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