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Sign (often stylized as SIGN) is the fourteenth studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was announced by Warp Records on 2 September 2020 via their Twitter page, and was released on 16 October 2020.[2][3] The album was broadcast for the first time on 8 October on the Autechre website.[4] Shortly after, it was made available as a digital download to those who pre-ordered. The cover and packaging artwork was created by The Designers Republic.[5]

Sign's companion album, Plus, was released without announcement twelve days later.

Sign and Plus were both teased prior to release in a series of Autechre live mix sessions that aired on streaming service Mixlr during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Clash9/10[9]
Exclaim!8/10[10]
The Guardian[11]
Mojo[12]
musicOMH[13]
Pitchfork8.1/10[14]
Record Collector[15]
Uncut8/10[16]
Under the Radar7/10[17]

Sign was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 12 reviews.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown

Sign track listing
No.TitleLength
1."M4 Lema"8:49
2."F7"5:56
3."si00"5:51
4."esc desc"4:55
5."au14"5:03
6."Metaz form8"6:00
7."sch.mefd 2"5:25
8."gr4"3:21
9."th red a"6:35
10."psin AM"6:20
11."r cazt"7:12
Total length:65:33
Japanese bonus track[18]
No.TitleLength
12."n Cur"6:14
Total length:71:47

Charts

Chart performance for Sign
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 56
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 51
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 53
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 16
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 41

References

  1. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha. "Autechre + Sign". S/FJ. Internet Archive: Substack. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ Warp Records (2 September 2020). "AUTECHRE 'SIGN' WARP329 01:05:33 16 OCT 2020". Warp Records. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Marissa Cetin (2 September 2020). "Autechre announce new album, SIGN, on Warp". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ "SIGN". AE_STORE. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ Bleep.com (2 September 2020). "Autechre - SIGN". Bleep.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ^ Marissa Cetin (29 October 2020). "Autechre surprise with another new album, PLUS". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b "SIGN by Autechre". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  8. ^ Simpson, Paul. "SIGN – Autechre". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ^ Roseblade, Nick (15 October 2020). "Autechre - SIGN". Clash. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ^ Keating, Daryl (20 October 2020). "Autechre Are as Accessible as They Can Possibly Get on 'SIGN'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  11. ^ Amin, Tayyab (16 October 2020). "Autechre: Sign review – electronic masters soar and fall in negative space". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  12. ^ Highlights a voracious creative appetite and their relationship's enduring strength. [Dec 2020, p.87]
  13. ^ Devlin, Ben (16 October 2020). "Autechre – Sign". musicOMH. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  14. ^ Sherburne, Philip (16 October 2020). "Autechre SIGN". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  15. ^ Goldsmith, Mike (1 December 2020). "SIGN - Autechre". Record Collector. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  16. ^ An album of their most beautiful tracks. [Dec 2020, p.27]
  17. ^ Arnone, Joey (2 December 2020). "Autechre – Sign". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  18. ^ Tower Records Online (2 September 2020). "Autechre/SIGN＜通常盤＞". AE_STORE. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Autechre – Sign" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Ultratop.be – Autechre – Sign" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Autechre – Sign" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  22. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Autechre – Sign" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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