Halo is the seventh studio album by Argentine singer-songwriter Juana Molina, released on May 5, 2017, by Crammed Discs.
Title and artwork The title Halo is a reference to the Argentine folk legend for the will-o'-the-wisp, known as the "luz mala" (Spanish for "evil light"), which floats above the ground where bones are buried.
Critical reception
Upon release, Halo received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 13 reviews. Robin Denselow from The Guardian gave the album a positive review, writing: "There are sturdy melodies on the quietly charming "Cosoco" or "Cálculos y oráculos", but even an apparently conventional song is soon transformed by her edgy and intriguing off-kilter soundscapes." Drowned in Sounds Lee Adcock gave the album the highest rating and felt that "even for Molina, who has trekked odysseys through drone and voice before, Halo marks an epiphany in the science of travel. How does one hour flow so swiftly? How do the echoes of former futures sound so fresh again, as if their waning promise of grandeur never faded?"
Accolades In The Village Voices Pazz & Jop, an poll regarding the best albums of the year as voted by more than 400 American music critics, Halo ranked number 97 with 78 points. Publication Accolade RankAllMusicBest of 2017Bandcamp Daily The Best Albums of 2017 Drowned in SoundFavourite Albums of 2017 The GuardianThe Best Albums of 2017 Les InrockuptiblesBest of Musique 2017Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2017 So Far UncutBest Releases of 2017 The Village VoicePazz & JopThe Vinyl Factory 20 Best Albums of 2017 So Far The WireBest Releases of 2017
Track listing
Charts + Chart performance for Halo Chart (2017) Peakposition
References
External links
statistics, tagging and previews at Last.fm Halo at Rate Your Music