''Warm Chris'' is the fourth studio album by the New Zealand

indie folk Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Characteristics The staff of '' Paste Magazine'' said in 2020: "No music genre ...

singer-songwriter

Aldous Harding Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Career One of the first musicians who came across her was New Zealand folk-pop singer-songwrit ...

, released on 25 March 2022 by

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. The album peaked at number-one on the New Zealand Albums chart. Its release was preceded by two singles, "Lawn" and "Fever". Two subsequent singles from ''Warm Chris'', charted on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart, with "Tick Tock" peaking at No. 31, and "Ennui" peaking at No. 40.

Composition

Musically, ''Warm Chris'' has been described as

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, "endearingly introspective"

folk-pop Folk-pop is a broad Music genre#Subtypes, musical fusion genre that includes contemporary folk songs with pop music, pop arrangements, and pop songs with intimate, acoustic music, acoustic-based folk music, folk arrangements. Folk-pop has been ...

, and

freak folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk, but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music. ...

/"gentle"

psychedelic folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of contemporary folk music, folk, but adds musical elements common ...

Critical reception

In a review for ''

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'', Sophie Kemp gave the album a positive review, praising it as showcasing "some of Harding's best songwriting yet".

Track listing

Personnel

* Ali Chant – mixing, vocals *

– bell, composer, acoustic guitar, humming, piano, electric piano, vocals * Gavin Fitzjohn – flugelhorn, horn, baritone saxophone * H. Hawkline – banjo, bass, design, Fender Rhodes, guitar, electric guitar, layout, Hammond organ, photography, vocals * Hopey Parish – vocals * Jason Mitchell – mastering * Jason Williamson – vocals * Joe Jones – engineer *

John Parish John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Parish is best known for his work with singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. He has also worked with such artists as Eels, Aldous Harding, Tracy Chapm ...

– bass, drums, Fender Rhodes, electric guitar, humming, keyboards, mixing, Hammond organ, percussion, producer, shaker, slide guitar, tambourine, vocals * Seb Rochford – drums * Steve Prescott – assistant photographer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* 2022 albums Aldous Harding albums 4AD albums Albums produced by John Parish {{folk-album-stub