Heavy Light (U.S. Girls album)

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Heavy Light
U.S. Girls Heavy Light Cover.png
Studio album by
U.S. Girls
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
GenreExperimental pop[1]
Length37:29
Label4AD
ProducerMeghan Remy
U.S. Girls chronology
In a Poem Unlimited
(2018) 		Heavy Light
(2020)

Heavy Light is the seventh studio album by Toronto based musician and producer Meghan Remy, under her solo project U.S. Girls. It was released March 6, 2020 under 4AD.[2][3]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[5]
Metacritic82/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[7]
Crack Magazine8/10[8]
Exclaim!9/10[9]
God Is in the TV8/10[10]
The Line of Best Fit9/10[11]
NME3/5 stars[12]
Paste8.3/10[13]
Pitchfork8.5/10[1]
Spectrum Culture4.25/5[14]
Under the Radar8.5/10[15]

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 82, based on 16 reviews.[6]

The album received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[16]

Accolades[]

Accolades for Heavy Light
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Paste Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
11
[17]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2020
15
[18]

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
Total length:37:29

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kemp, Sophie (March 9, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Hussey, Allison (January 13, 2020). "U.S. Girls Announce New Album Heavy Light". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. ^ Thomas, Katie. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Bell, Kaelan (March 3, 2020). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  10. ^ Hobbs, Matt (March 9, 2020). "God Is In the TV Review". God Is in the TV. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  11. ^ Horton, Ross (March 2, 2020). "U.S. Girls balance the existential with vibrancy on Heavy Light". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  12. ^ Krol, Charlotte (March 4, 2020). "U.S. Girls – 'Heavy Light' review: frustrating filler pulls focus from flashes of brilliance". NME. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  13. ^ Jones, Austin (March 9, 2020). "U.S. Girls' Heavy Light Overflows with Empathy". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  14. ^ Korber, Kevin (March 11, 2020). "Spectrum Culture Review". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  15. ^ Campbell, Caleb (March 5, 2020). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  16. ^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
  17. ^ "The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)". Paste. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  18. ^ Hussey, Allison (December 8, 2020). "The 50 Best Albums of 2020". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 9, 2020.



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