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Ancient Romans
Studio album by Sun Araw
Released	August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Recorded	2010
Studio	Los Angeles, California, US
Length	79:28
Label	Sun Ark Records Drag City
Sun Araw chronology
On Patrol (2010) Ancient Romans (2011) The Inner Treaty (2012)

Ancient Romans is the fifth solo studio album by Cameron Stallones as Sun Araw. It was released on Sun Ark Records and Drag City on August 23, 2011.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	C+
Beats Per Minute	72/100
Cokemachineglow	77/100
Consequence of Sound	B
Pitchfork	7.9/10
Spin	8/10
Tiny Mix Tapes
Under the Radar
XLR8R	8/10

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Paul Thompson of Pitchfork described the album as "another fever dream of dub-mottled organ grind and guitar squiggle, at once elemental and futuristic." Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "Throughout the album the sense is of rough experimentation, a kind of direct curiosity in the collision of sampled loops, echoed vocals, bursting bass, and random moments." Ron Hart of Blurt stated that this album along with the Eternal Tapestry collaboration Night Galley cemented Sun Araw "continu to redefine the freak-out for the digital age, leading the pack of new young mindbenders looking to rock music down paths not yet explored without fear or frenzy". Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound commented that "You can't help but move along to some of the entrancing, pulsing drones found on Ancient Romans; altogether, another epic, grandiose, striking LP from one of the best and most underrated musicians of the moment."

The Wire placed the album at number 12 on the "Top 50 Releases of the Year" list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cameron Stallones

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Sun Araw – performance, engineering, mixing
• Bobb Bruno – engineering
• Matthew Koshak – mixing
• Sonic Boom – mastering

References

1. Malitz, David (August 22, 2011). "Quick spin: 'Ancient Romans' by Sun Araw". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
2. Breihan, Tom (June 2, 2011). "New Release: Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
3. ^ "Ancient Romans by Sun Araw". Metacritic. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
4. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Ancient Romans - Sun Araw". AllMusic. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
5. Mincher, Chris (August 30, 2011). "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
6. Becker, Josh (August 25, 2011). "Album Review: Sun Araw – Ancient Romans". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
7. Goerner, P.M. (August 24, 2011). "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
8. ^ Kivel, Adam (August 23, 2011). "Sun Araw – Ancient Romans". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
9. ^ Thompson, Paul (August 31, 2011). "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
10. Beta, Andy. "Sun Araw, 'Ancient Romans'". Spin. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
11. Reid, Reed Scott. "Sun Araw - Ancient Romans". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
12. Trunick, Austin. "Sun Araw: Ancient Romans (Sun Ark/Drag City)". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
13. Fallon, Patric (August 22, 2011). "Sun Araw Ancient Romans". XLR8R. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
14. Hart, Ron (2011-10-24). "Night Gallery; Ancient Romans by Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw + Sun Araw". Blurt. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
15. "2011 Rewind Chart: Top 50 Releases of the Year". The Wire. December 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

External links

• Ancient Romans at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2011 albums
• Drag City (record label) albums
• Sun Araw albums