Varmints (album)

Varmints is the debut studio album by the British composer and electronica musician Anna Meredith, released on 4 March 2016 on Moshi Moshi. The album won Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2016.[2]

Varmints
Studio album by
Anna Meredith
Released4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)
GenreElectronic[1]
Length47:26
LabelMoshi Moshi
Anna Meredith chronology
Jet Black Raider
(2013)		 Varmints
(2016)		 Anno
(2018)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[3]
Metacritic84/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY[5]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[6]
Loud and Quiet8/10[1]
MusicOMH[7]
Pitchfork8.4/10[8]
Q[9]
Spectrum Culture[10]
Uncut8/10[11]

In a highly positive review for Pitchfork, Laura Snapes awarded Varmints with the website's "Best New Music" label, writing: "[Anna Meredith's] first wholly independent project reveals her to be one of the most innovative minds in modern British music: She wears her obvious theoretical grounding lightly and never lets it obstruct her ecstatic quest for new ideas and deranged stimuli. And Varmints is a knockout, the kind that makes you see cartoon stars."[8]

Accolades
Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 2016 N/A
[12]
The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016 2016
49
[13]
The Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2016 2016
17
[14]
The Wire Top 50 Releases of 2016 2016
17
[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Nautilus"5:30
2."Taken"4:50
3."Scrimshaw"4:43
4."Something Helpful"3:13
5."R-Type"4:42
6."Dowager"5:22
7."The Vapours"6:33
8."Honeyed Words"3:17
9."Last Rose"3:31
10."Shill"2:47
11."Blackfriars"2:58
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References
  1. Thompson, James F. (26 February 2016). "Anna Meredith – Varmints". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. "Anna Meredith's Varmints awarded Scottish Album of the Year". BBC. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. "Varmints by Anna Meredith reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. "Reviews for Varmints by Anna Meredith". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. Connick, Tom (4 March 2016). "Anna Meredith – Varmints". DIY. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  6. Rindner, Grant (29 February 2016). "Anna Meredith's jaw-dropping debut avoids genre limitations by reinventing them". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  7. Bemrose, Bekki (1 March 2016). "Anna Meredith – Varmints". MusicOMH. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. Snapes, Laura (7 March 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. Segal, Victoria (May 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Q (358): 112.
  10. Beaudoin, Jedd (15 March 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. Martin, Gavin (May 2016). "Anna Meredith: Varmints". Uncut (228): 76.
  12. "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016". Pitchfork. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  13. "The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016". The Quietus. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  14. "Top 50 Albums of 2016". The Skinny. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  15. "Listen to The Wire's Top 50 Releases of 2016". The Wire. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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