Party (Aldous Harding album)
Party is the second studio album by New Zealand folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 19 May 2017 by 4AD. The album was recorded in Bristol with John Parish, who produced the album, and features contributions from Parish, Fenne Lily, and Mike Hadreas. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. It was also nominated for IMPALA's European Album of the Year Award. Release "I'm So Sorry" was premiered through The 405 on 17 March 2016. "Horizon" was released as a single on 10 February 2017 with an accompanying music video directed by Charlotte Evans. The album was detailed the same day. "Imagining My Man" was released as a single on 29 March 2017 with an accompanying music video, also directed by Charlotte Evans. A music video for "Blend" was released on 12 June 2017, also directed by Charlotte Evans. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 83, based on 11 reviews. Kitty Empire of The Observer gave Party a positive review, commenting, "Harding is her own woman, an arresting vocalist whose mannered deliveries –