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2014 studio album by Jakob
Sines
Studio album by Jakob
ReleasedOctober 21, 2014
RecordedRoundhead Studios, Sister Lung Studios, Method Studio
GenrePost-rock, instrumental rock
Length44:40
LabelThe Mylene Sheath, Shoot The Freak Records
ProducerJakob
Jakob chronology
Solace
(2006) 		Sines
(2014)

Sines is the fourth studio album by New Zealand post-rock band Jakob. It was released through The Mylene Sheath records on October 21, 2014. The album was recorded at Roundhead Studios and Sister Lung Studios in Auckland and Napier, respectively, mixed by Jeff Boyle and mastered by Chris Chetland. Rhian Sheehan contributed the string arrangements. Single "Blind Them with Science" premiered August 1, 2014.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The AU Review9.5/10
Beat MagazinePositive
Echoes and DustPositive
The New Zealand Herald
Off the TracksPositive
Rolling Stone Australia
Under the Radar8/10

Upon release, the album was met with generally favorable reviews. Rod Whitfield of Beat Magazine gave the album a positive review and described the compositions on Sines as "strange and beautiful soundscapes to enthrall and entrap you" with "much ebb and flow…subtle in its delivery and effect." Whitfield called the use of "real" strings as "dark, melancholic ". He stated that the songs are "long, dense and…quite tough, if you let them into your soul they are truly compelling." Another positive review from Nick Dodds of Echoes and Dust said the album was "magnificent", "glorious" and "wonderful...Forty four odd minutes of sublime beauty". In 2015 the album was awarded the Taite Music Prize.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Blind Them with Science"6:57
2."Emergent"5:08
3."Magna Carta"6:15
4."Harmonia"6:05
5."Resolve"9:11
6."Darkness"5:37
7."Sines"5:27
Total length:44:40

Personnel

Jakob
  • Jeff Boyle – guitar, synth, samples
  • Maurice Beckett – bass
  • Jason Johnston – drums
Production
  • Chris Chetland – mastering
  • Jeff Boyle – mixing, engineering
  • Aaron Harris – mixing
  • David Holmes – mixing
  • Nick Blow – mixing, engineering
  • Jonathan Gardner – engineering
  • Troy Kelly – strings engineering (2, 4)
  • Rhian Sheehan – strings arrangement (2, 4)
  • Maurice Beckett – photography
  • Michael Hawksworth – artwork
  • Anthony Flack – layout, design
Additional musicians
  • Malcolm Struthers – double bass (2, 4)
  • Rowan Prior – cello (2, 4)
  • Ben Knapp – piano (2)
  • Andrew Thomson – viola (2, 4)
  • Anne Loeser – violin (2, 4)
  • Jonathan Tanner – violin (2, 4)
  • Rebecca Struthers – violin (2, 4)

References

  1. "Sines by Jakob". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. Staff (1 August 2014). "Exclusive Track Premiere: Jakob Advise You to "Blind Them with Science"". metalsucks.net. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. Evans, Matthew (13 October 2014). "Album Review: Jakob - Sines (2014 LP)". theaureview.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ Whitfield, Rod. "Jakob : Sines". beat.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. ^ Dodds, Nick (21 October 2014). "Jakob – Sines". echoesanddust.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  6. Reid, Graham (14 November 2014). "Album review: Jakob, Sines". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  7. Sweetman, Simon (15 October 2014). "Jakob: Sines". offthetracks.co.nz. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  8. Stapleton, Dan (15 October 2014). "Jakob Sines Consume". rollingstoneaus.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  9. Larsen, Paul (25 November 2014). "Album Review: Jakob - Sines". undertheradar.co.nz. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  10. "Jakob - Sines". discogs.com. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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