Doomsdayer's Holiday
| Doomsdayer's Holiday | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 7, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | April 2007 – August 2008 | |||
| Genre | Post-rock | |||
| Length | 38:28 | |||
| Label | Temporary Residence Limited | |||
| Grails chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press | [3] |
| Mojo | [4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[5] |
| The Skinny | [6] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5[7] |
| Under the Radar | 6/10[8] |
Doomsdayer's Holiday is Grails' fifth album, released in 2008 through Temporary Residence.
Track listing
All songs written by Grails.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Doomsdayer's Holiday" | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Reincarnation Blues" | 4:33 |
| 3. | "The Natural Man" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Immediate Mate" | 5:50 |
| 5. | "Predestination Blues" | 6:28 |
| 6. | "X-Contaminations" | 5:04 |
| 7. | "Acid Rain" | 8:08 |
| Total length: | 38:28 | |
Personnel
- Grails[9]
- Emil Amos – drums, guitar, keyboards, lap steel guitar, vocals, melodica, tapes, editing and additional recording, mixing on "Immediate Mate"
- Alex Hall – guitars, sampling, editing and additional recording, art direction
- William Slater – bass guitar, piano,synthesizer, vocals, guzheng
- Wm. Zak Riles – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, saz, oud
- Additional musicians[9]
- Alan Bishop – vocals on "Predestination Blues"
- Randall Dunn – analog synthesizers
- Kate O'Brien-Clarke – violin
- Jordan Hudson – vibes
- Erik Nugent – flute
- Production[9]
- Jake Hall – recording engineer
- Steve Lobdell – recording engineer
- Randall Dunn – recording engineer for "Acid Rain"
- Jeff Stuart Saltzman – mixing (except "Immediate Mate")
- Carl Saff – mastering
References
- ↑ "Reviews forDoomsdayer's Holiday by Grails". Metacritic. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. Doomsdayer's Holiday at AllMusic
- ↑ Doomsdayer's Holiday shows a band pushing the limits of psychedelic post-rock and testing the boundaries of post-metal. [Dec 2008, p.142]
- ↑ Their full-length follow-up to 2007's "Burning Off Impurities" is a multi-textured out-rock masterpiece. [Jan 2008, p.101]
- ↑ Pitchfork review
- ↑ The Skinny review
- ↑ "Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday". Sputnikmusic. October 13, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ Its ultimately about serving the power of the jam, an aesthetic of which Grails have a solid grap. [Year end 2008, p.82]
- 1 2 3 "Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday". Discogs. Retrieved 14 July 2015.