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Studio album by Cut Worms
Hollow Ground
Studio album by Cut Worms
RecordedJuly 2016
StudioDream Star Studios, Los Angeles, California
Gary's Electric Studio
Genre
Length38:09
LabelJagjaguwar
Producer
  • Jason Finkel
  • Jonathan Rado

Hollow Ground is the debut studio album by American musician Max Clarke, under his musical project Cut Worms. It was released on May 4, 2018, by Jagjaguwar.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Exclaim!8/10
MusicOMH
Pitchfork7.2/10

Hollow Ground was met with "generally favorable" 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 80, based on 7 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews.

Tim Sendra from AllMusic said of the album: "With producers Jonathan Rado and Jason Finkel helping out, Clarke plays most of the instruments, vocally plays the role of both Phil and Don, and masterfully straddles the line between soda shop-sweet pop and richly twangy country as Hollow Ground's mix of jangling uptempo tracks, quiet ballads loaded with lap and pedal steel, and swaying midtempo doo wop roll by like the best songs on a greatest-hits album.

Track listing

Hollow Ground track listing
No.TitleLength
1."How It Can Be"3:36
2."Coward's Confidence"3:36
3."Don't Want to Say Goodbye"2:51
4."It Won't Be Too Long"3:17
5."Till Tomorrow Goes Away"4:22
6."Like Going Down Sideways"5:24
7."Think I Might Be in Love"4:21
8."Cash for Gold"3:35
9."Hanging Your Picture Up to Dry"3:05
10."Mad About You"4:02

Personnel

Musicians

  • Max Clarke – primary artist, vocals, guitar
  • David Christian – drums
  • Kyle Avallone – bass
  • Ron Budman – sax

Production

  • Jason Finkel – mixing, producer
  • Jonathan Rado – mixing, producer
  • Jarvis Taveniere – mixing

References

  1. ^ Manno, Lizzie (March 6, 2018). "Cut Worms Announce Debut Album Hollow Ground, Share Stop-Motion "Don't Want To Say Good-bye" Video". Paste. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. Pageau, Mathias (May 1, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. Horton, Ross (May 5, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. Corcoran, Nina (May 3, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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