''Radiate Like This'' is the fourth studio album by American
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band
Warpaint, released on May 6, 2022, through Heirlooms and
Virgin Records
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. It marks their first album in six years, and was announced alongside the release of the song "Champion". The band toured Europe in support of the album.
Background
Warpaint's preceding album, ''
Heads Up'', was released in 2016. Following the release of that album, the band members encountered different priorities, such as "babies, jobs, tours, solo albums, intercontinental and cross country moves", which initially presented "mounting logistical challenges" and doubts about whether they could regroup to work on new material.
Recording
The band began work on the album with producer Sam Petts-Davies in early 2020, but the
COVID-19 pandemic
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caused them to finish recording their parts in their own "makeshift home studios". Although finishing recording "some time ago", they waited to release the album until they could tour to promote it. This self-imposed delay also helped them to "further hone", build and then reconstruct each song.
In a press release,
Emily Kokal joked that the band should have called it ''Exquisite Corpse'' instead of their
debut EP.
Critical reception
''Radiate Like This'' received a score of 79 out of 100 based on 13 reviews on review aggregator
Metacritic
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, indicating "generally favorable" reception.
Track listing
Personnel
Warpaint
* Emily Kokal – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, electronics, production
* Jenny Lee Lindberg – bass, backing and lead vocals, production
* Theresa Wayman – lead and backing vocals, guitar, synthesizer, production
* Stella Mozgawa – drums, keyboards, backing vocals, production
Additional musicians
*
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – strings on "Trouble"
Technical
* Sam Petts-Davies – production, engineering, mixing
*
Tucker Martine
Tucker Martine (born January 14, 1972) is an American record producer, musician and composer. In 2010, ''Paste'' Magazine included Martine in their list of the 10 Best Producers of the Decade.
Early life
Tucker Martine, the son of singer and son ...
– mixing, additional production (2–4, 6–9)
*
Ewan Pearson – mixing (1)
* Ivan Wayman – mixing, additional production (10)
*
John Congleton – additional production and engineering (5, 9)
*
Emily Lazar – mastering
Design
* Ikhoor Studio – design, layout
* Jaysun Rickards – cover, photographs
Charts
References
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2022 albums
Virgin Records albums
Warpaint (band) albums