Touch (July Talk album)
Touch is the second full-length album by Canadian indie rock band July Talk, released September 9, 2016 on Sleepless Records.[1] The album won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.[2]
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| Released | September 9, 2016 | |||
| Studio | Jukasa Studios Dreamhouse Studios | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 36 min. | |||
| Label | Sleepless Records | |||
| Producer | Ian Davenport, Alexandre Bonenfant | |||
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Tanya Tagaq appears as a guest vocalist on the album, on the track "Beck + Call".
Critical reception
Sandra Sperounes of the Edmonton Journal described the album as "a thrusting, sweaty, and intimate look at lust, loneliness, obsession, and privacy in a world dominated by cellphones, computers, and consumption."[3] Matt Williams commented in Now that "July Talk's sophomore record bristles with the electricity of connection - between singers Leah Fay and Peter Dreimanis and the characters inside the songs."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Picturing Love" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Beck + Call" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Now I Know" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Johnny + Mary" | 2:27 |
| 5. | "Strange Habit" | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Push + Pull" | 2:51 |
| 7. | "Lola + Joseph" | 3:34 |
| 8. | "So Sorry" | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Jesus Said So" | 4:23 |
| 10. | "Touch" | 5:14 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[5] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- "July Talk Detail Sophomore LP 'Touch'". Exclaim!, June 13, 2016.
- "Leonard Cohen, Tragically Hip, Grimes, Kaytranada, July Talk, the Weeknd Among Early Juno Winners". Exclaim!, April 1, 2017.
- "July Talk: Reach out and touch Fay — and Dreimanis". Edmonton Journal, August 31, 2016.
- "July Talk's second record, Touch, is full of swaggering radio rock". Now, September 7, 2016.
- "Canadian album certifications – July Talk – Touch". Music Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2021.