Foam Island
Studio album by
Released25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
Length39:47
LabelWarp
Darkstar chronology
News from Nowhere
(2013)
Foam Island
(2015)
Civic Jams
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Crack Magazine7/10[3]
Exclaim!6/10[4]
The Line of Best Fit5/10[5]
MusicOMH[6]
The Skinny[7]
Under the Radar7.5/10[8]

Foam Island is the third studio album by British electronic music duo Darkstar. It was released on 25 September 2015 under Warp.[9]

Critical reception

Foam Island 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 71, based on 8 reviews.[1]

Accolades

Accolades for Foam Island
Publication Accolade Rank
Clash Clash's 50 Best Albums of 2015[10]
6
Dummy Mag Dummy's 30 Best Albums of 2015[11]
16

Track listing

Foam Island track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Basic Things"2:02
2."Inherent In This Fibre"3:58
3."Stoke the Fire"4:04
4."Cuts"1:32
5."Go Natural"4:42
6."A Different Kind of Struggle"1:51
7."Pin Secure"4:55
8."Through the Motions"4:31
9."Tilly's Theme"2:33
10."Foam Island"3:32
11."Javan's Call"2:12
12."Days Burn Blue"3:45

Charts

Chart performance for Foam Island
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 198

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. Croner, Adam. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. Hampson, Ashley (30 September 2015). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. Cowart, Geoff (23 September 2015). "Darkstar bite off more than they can chew". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. White, Chris (18 December 2015). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. Short, Tom (15 September 2015). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. Hamilton, Billy (23 November 2015). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. Cliff, Aimee (21 September 2015). "Darkstar's New Album Gives Voice To Northern England's Neglected Youth". The Fader. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. Murray, Robin (17 December 2015). "Clash Albums of the Year". Clash. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  11. Murray, Sean (9 December 2015). "The 30 Best Albums of 2015". Dummy Mag. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Darkstar – Foam Island" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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