''We're All Gonna Die'' is the fifth studio album by American folk rock band Dawes. It was announced on August 17, 2016, with the release of the lead single, "When the Tequila Runs Out". The album was released on September 16, 2016. It was produced by former bandmate (when they performed as Simon Dawes)

Blake Mills Blake Mills (born September 21, 1986) is an American songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer based in California. Biography Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, United States, and grew up in Malibu, where he attended Malib ...

Critical reception

''We're All Gonna Die'' received moderate praise upon release. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from

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s, the album has received an

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score of 77, indicating "generally favorable" reviews, based on 6 critics.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Dawes

* Taylor Goldsmith – vocals, guitars, pianet (2), slide guitar (7) *Griffin Goldsmith – drums, vocals, percussion (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), lead vocals (6) * Wylie Gelber – bass, Kee bass (8) *Lee Pardini – piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 10), Ace Tone (2, 5, 7, 8), pianet (3, 5, 7), Juno (4, 8), clavinet (1, 9), organ (4), vocals

Additional Musicians

– guitars (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9), vocals (2, 6, 7, 8, 9), drum programming (4), bass (5), glockenspiel (7), slide guitar (8), Korg MS-20 (9) *

Rob Moose Rob Moose (born 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer, conductor, and orchestrator. He primarily plays the violin, viola, and guitar. Early life and education Moose was born in 1982. He was raised in Windsor, Connec ...

– strings (2, 6, 10) *

Jim James James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums. ...

– vocals (2, 7) *

Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her debut studio album, '' So Real'' (1999), recei ...

– vocals (4) *

Lucius Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from ''Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames (''praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from L ...

(Jess Wolf & Holly Laessig) – vocals (4) *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America".Howard Sounes. ''Down ...

– MPC (7) *

Brittany Howard Brittany Amber Howard (born October 2, 1988) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter known for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of rock bands Alabama Shakes, Thunderbitch, and Bermuda Triangle. Her work wi ...

– vocals (7) *

Will Oldham Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...

– vocals (7) *

Nate Walcott Nate Walcott (born March 6, 1978) is an American musical composer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and trumpeter. He has composed the scores for several feature-length films, including 2014's ''The Fault in Our Stars''. He is a member of the ba ...

– trumpet (10) (*Jim James appears courtesy of Capitol Music Group) (*Brittany Howard appears courtesy of ATO Records)

Charts

;Airplay

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums Dawes (band) albums Albums produced by Blake Mills