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Black Friday
Singer-Songwriter · 2024 · 12 tracks · 28m

Black Friday

Tom Odell

Sparse nylon-string guitar and hushed vocals replace the grand piano anthems. A skeletal, deeply intimate record of quiet anxieties and orchestral interludes.

January 26, 2024

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A quiet, claustrophobic meditation on self-worth and modern anxiety wrapped in gentle acoustic textures.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 28m
01
Answer Phone
2:40
03
Loving You Will Be the Death of Me
2:12
04
The Orchestra Tunes Up
0:50
05
Spinning
2:11
06
The End of the Summer
2:07
07
The Orchestra Takes Flight
0:45
08
Somebody Else
3:23
09
Parties
2:16
10
The Orchestra Is Feeling Tense
0:33
11
Nothing Hurts Like Love
3:51
12
Getaway (voice note)
0:45
13
The End
3:26
Moments Worth Listening For
The sudden, jarring transition from the intimate guitar plucking to the cinematic orchestral lift in the title track
The inclusion of a raw voice note in Getaway that breaks the fourth wall of the studio recording
The way the strings in The Orchestra Is Feeling Tense create a physical sense of tightening in the chest
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Black Friday sound next to the rest of Tom Odell's catalogue?

Acoustic Guitar+3.3σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar far more than the catalogue usually does.

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