When My Heart Felt Volcanic
When My Heart Felt Volcanic is the debut full-length album by American indie pop group the Aces. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
When My Heart Felt Volcanic received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on four reviews. Johnny Rogerson of Clash Magazine gave the album a 7 out of 10, stating that they have "escape the indie clichés attached to pop bands using guitars, and have created a fully-fledged pop scorcher". In The Line of Best Fit, Pip Williams rated this release a 6 out of 10, calling it a "breezy, fun debut", but criticizing the band for not being more experimental with their sound. Writing for NME, Hannah Mylrea calls this album "sugar with substance" and rates it 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "Fake Nice" "could be one of the best pop songs of the year". NPR's Lyndsey McKenna writes in First Listen that the band has a similar sound to contemporary acts such as The 1975, Haim, and Paramore, but "here's a timelessness to the construction" of this album that makes it "a refined mission statement from a band with history" that is the kind of pop music "that's fit to be blasted from car stereos and sung along to at high volumes".Track listing
- "Volcanic Love" – 3:25
- "Stuck" – 4:05
- "Fake Nice" – 3:23
- "Lovin’ Is Bible" – 3:20
- "Just Like That" – 3:47
- "Last One" – 3:46
- "Strong Enough" – 3:47
- "Holiday" – 3:49
- "Stay" – 3:25
- "Bad Love" – 3:05
- "Put It on the Line" – 3:58
- "Hurricane" – 3:37
- "Waiting for You" – 4:17
- "Friends" – 3:28
Personnel
The Aces- Katie Henderson – lead guitar, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
- McKenna Petty – bass guitar, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
- Alisa Ramirez – drums, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
- Cristal Ramirez – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production on "Hurricane"
- Zoux Bluestein – instrumentation, engineering
- Mike Crossey – [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing] engineering
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Jonathan Gilmore – engineering assistance, mixing assistance
- Mike Green – engineering, production on "Holiday"
- Josh Gudwin – engineering, vocal production
- Matt Jacobson – engineering assistance, vocal production
- Ian MacGregor – engineering
- Dan Nigro – instrumentation, engineering, production on "Waiting for You"
- Simon Oscroft – engineering, production on "Volcanic Love", "Stuck", "Lovin' Is Bible", "Last One", "Strong Enough", "Stay", and "Put It on the Line"
- Will Quinnell – mastering
- Eric Stenman – mixing, mixing engineering
- Derrick Stockwell – engineering assistance, vocal production
- Todd Stopera – engineering
- Butch Walker – engineering, production on "Just Like That"
- Wendy Wang – instrumentation, engineering, production on "Fake Nice"
- Greg Wells – mixing engineering, production on "Bad Love"
- Kenny "Tick" Salcido - A&R