Inventions (Inventions album)


Inventions is the debut studio album by Inventions, a collaborative project between Matthew Cooper and Mark T. Smith. It was released on April 1, 2014, through Temporary Residence Limited. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Background

Inventions consists of Matthew Cooper, also known as Eluvium, and Mark T. Smith of Explosions in the Sky. They became friends when Eluvium and Explosions in the Sky toured together. They first collaborated on the song "Envenom Mettle" for Eluvium's album Nightmare Ending. Inventions is the duo's debut studio album.

Critical reception

Benjamin Hedge Olson of PopMatters stated, "Inventions places Cooper's lush, electronic ambience alongside Explosions in the Sky's sense of space and tension." He added, "The results are quite satisfying and not too syrupy." Garrett Kamps of Spin commented that "Inventions works for all the reasons post-rock ambient experimental noise-scape music is supposed to work." Mark Richardson of Pitchfork stated, "Lack of variety aside, Eluvium and Smith couldn't be a better match, and the record as a whole possesses an uncommon beauty." John Skibeat of The Line of Best Fit described Inventions as "an instrumental album of the most beautiful, minimalist, ambient rock music that resonates at a completely different frequency from all that has gone before."

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.