Sway (Whirr album)


Sway is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Whirr, released on September 23, 2014 by Graveface Records. The album marked the departure of previous lead singer Alexandra Morte. It was produced by Jack Shirley.

Release and reception

On July 11, 2014, the band released the song "Mumble" on SoundCloud as a preview of the new album.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sway received an average score of 74, based on six reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Tim Sendra of AllMusic noted that Sway's sound had taken a large influence from Nick Bassett's presence, "inch them closer to the harder side of the shoegaze revival ". He gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and finalized his review by saying that "Sway is an album that would measure up to almost any album made by the first wave of shoegazers". Punknews.org gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars; while generally praising the album, the reviewer wished that Whirr would "experiment even more and toy with new music to give a bit more insight as to where the road leads", and also noted that "some tracks are a tad too long and sometimes, it drags".

Track listing

Personnel

;Whirr
;Other personnel