Heavy Light (U.S. Girls album)

Heavy Light is the seventh studio album by American musician and producer Meghan Remy, under her solo project U.S. Girls. It was released March 6, 2020 under 4AD.[14][15]

Heavy Light
Studio album by
U.S. Girls
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
Length37:29
Label4AD
ProducerMeghan Remy
U.S. Girls chronology
In a Poem Unlimited
(2018)		 Heavy Light
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year80/100[1]
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[2]
Metacritic82/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Crack Magazine8/10[5]
Exclaim!9/10[6]
God Is in the TV8/10[7]
The Line of Best Fit9/10[8]
NME[9]
Paste8.3/10[10]
Pitchfork8.5/10[11]
Spectrum Culture4.25/5[12]
Under the Radar8.5/10[13]

Critical reception

Heavy Light 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 83, based on 15 reviews.[3]

Accolades
Accolades for Heavy Light
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Paste Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
11
[16]

Track listing
Heavy Light track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."4 American Dollars"
  • Rich Morel
  • Meg Remy
5:42
2."Overtime"
2:54
3."IOU"
  • Morel
  • Remy
4:42
4."Advice to Teenage Self" 0:50
5."State House (It’s a Man’s World)"
  • Remy
  • Maximilian Turnbull
1:43
6."Born to Lose"
  • Jack Name
3:07
7."And Yet It Moves/Y Se Mueve"
  • Morel
  • Remy
  • Kassie Richardson
3:36
8."The Most Hurtful Thing" 1:04
9."Denise, Don’t Wait"
4:20
10."Woodstock '99"
2:36
11."The Color of Your Childhood Bedroom" 0:27
12."The Quiver to the Bomb"
  • Morel
  • Remy
4:23
13."Red Ford Radio"
  • Remy
2:05
gollark: Siri?
gollark: I think I actually have three different items with names like "47 command computers" now.
gollark: Hi.
gollark: Unfortunately I can't reach many computers via SPUDNET right now anyway, because of internet connectivity issues with the SPUDNET server.
gollark: I should make some kind of fake potatOS mode for funlolz.

References
  1. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. Thomas, Katie. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. Bell, Kaelan (March 3, 2020). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  7. Hobbs, Matt (March 9, 2020). "God Is In the TV Review". God Is in the TV. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. Horton, Ross (March 2, 2020). "U.S. Girls balance the existential with vibrancy on Heavy Light". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  9. Krol, Charlotte (March 4, 2020). "U.S. Girls – 'Heavy Light' review: frustrating filler pulls focus from flashes of brilliance". NME. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  10. Jones, Austin (March 9, 2020). "U.S. Girls' Heavy Light Overflows with Empathy". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  11. Kemp, Sophie (March 9, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  12. Korber, Kevin (March 11, 2020). "Spectrum Culture Review". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  13. Campbell, Caleb (March 5, 2020). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  14. Hussey, Allison (January 13, 2020). "U.S. Girls Announce New Album Heavy Light". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  15. Zoladz, Lindsay (March 4, 2020). "Pop Is Obsessed With What's Next. So U.S. Girls Revisited Her Past". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  16. "The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)". Paste. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
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