Hopelessness (album)

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Hopelessness
Hopelessness (Front Cover).png
Studio album by Anohni
Released 6 May 2016
Genre
Length 41:39
Label Secretly Canadian (US)
Rough Trade (UK)
Hostess (Japan)
Producer
Singles from Hopelessness
  1. "4 Degrees"
    Released: 30 November 2015
  2. "Drone Bomb Me"
    Released: 9 March 2016

Hopelessness (stylized as HOPELESSNESS) is the debut solo album from Anohni, the lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons, released on 6 May 2016 on Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade Records, and Hostess Entertainment Unlimited.[1] It features co-production by musicians Ross Birchard (aka Hudson Mohawke) and Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never).[1]

Background

On 23 February 2015, Anohni announced Hopelessness via the Antony and the Johnsons' website and Facebook account. Co-produced by Anohni with collaborators Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, it is her first album to be released under her new name Anohni. In the announcement, Anohni described the album as "an electronic record with some sharp teeth".[2][3]

In a fan interview, Anohni described the upcoming album as "as different as could be from my previous work", adding she was "not sure that many of [those] who prefer the early chamber music style will enjoy it". Characterising it as a "dance / experimental electronic record with quite a dark thematic undertow", she revealed spring 2016 as the release date.[4]

Promotion

On 30 November 2015, Anohni released "4 Degrees", the first song off of Hopelessness, along with an accompanying message: "In solidarity with the climate conference in Paris, giving myself a good hard look, not my aspirations but my behaviors, revealing my insidious complicity. It's a whole new world. Let’s be brave and tell the truth as much as we can."[5][6] Commenting on the album's lead single in a fan interview earlier in the year, Hegarty had stated that she had "grown tired of grieving for humanity", adding that she felt she "was not being entirely honest by pretending that I am not a part of the problem. '4 Degrees' is kind of a brutal attempt to hold myself accountable, not just valorize my intentions but also reflect on the true impact of my behaviors."[4]

On 9 March 2016, Anohni announced the release of the album's second single "Drone Bomb Me" via Facebook.[7] The song, which premiered on Annie Mac's show on BBC Radio 1 later that day, was accompanied by a music video which she described as "insanely beautiful".[8] As revealed shortly after the announcement on Anohni's Instagram account, the video was directed by Nabil Elderkin and stars English supermodel Naomi Campbell.[9] On the same day, Anohni also revealed that Hopelessness will be released on 6 May 2016, along with the album's track listing.[10][11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 83/100[14]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[12]
Consequence of Sound (A–)[13]
DIY 3/5 stars[15]
Exclaim! (9/10)[16]
The Guardian 5/5 stars[17]
Mojo 4/5 stars[14]
Pitchfork (9.0/10)[18]
Spin (9/10)[19]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5 stars[20]
Uncut 4/5 stars[14]
FLOOD Magazine (9/10)[21]

Hopelessness received acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[14]

Tim Jonze of The Guardian called Hopelessness "as profound a protest record as anyone has made in decades, brimming with anger, and yet, somehow, oddly accessible," concluding that, "For all its bleakness, Hopelessness leaves you feeling anything but."[17] Writing for Exclaim!, Andrea Warner characterized Hopelessness as "a shimmering, shadowy electronic pop protest record that thunders and sparks, avenges and retreats, attacks and empowers," noting Anohni's "ownership and authority over her artistic voice that we've not yet seen before."[16] T. Cole Rachel of Spin called the album "a potent political statement," and described the music as "gorgeous, matching the intensity of the subject matter without overwhelming it and giving the appropriate space to ANOHNI’s voice, which remains a glorious instrument."[19] Jenn Pelly of Pitchfork Media praised the album, stating, "Anohni, HudMo, and OPN meet on an astral plane and construct a sleek salon there, where we can reflect on the current moment and perhaps be spurred to action," calling the album "some of the most accessible and pristinely infectious music that any of these people have made.[18]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Drone Bomb Me"  
4:10
2. "4 Degrees"  
3:51
3. "Watch Me"  
  • Anohni
  • Birchard
 3:26
4. "Execution"  
  • Anohni
  • Birchard
 3:38
5. "I Don't Love You Anymore"  
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
 5:00
6. "Obama"  
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
 4:11
7. "Violent Men"  
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
 2:10
8. "Why Did You Separate Me from the Earth?"  
  • Anohni
  • Birchard
 3:36
9. "Crisis"  
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
  • Birchard
 4:42
10. "Hopelessness"  
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
 3:54
11. "Marrow"  
  • Anohni
  • Birchard
 3:01
Total length:
 41:39

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 35
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24]
[25]		 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] 53
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[28] 21
French Albums (SNEP)[29] 48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[30] 29
Irish Albums (IRMA)[31] 25
Italian Albums (FIMI)[32] 39
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 53
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 17
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 26
US Billboard 200[36] 121

References

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