{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Exploding Views | type = studio | artist = SJ Esau | cover = Exploding Views.png | released = {{Start date|2014|03|03|df=yes}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|experimental pop<ref name=louderthanwar/>}} | length = {{Duration|m=48|s=15}} | label = FromSCRATCH Records | producer = Sam Wisternoff | prev_title = Small Vessel | prev_year = 2008 | year = 2014 }} '''''Exploding Views''''' is the third studio album by British indie rock musician SJ Esau. It was released on FromSCRATCH Records in 2014 on vinyl, CD, and digital format. "The Pull" features contributions from Doseone and Charlotte Nicholls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-sj-esau-the-pull|title=Premier: SJ Esau – The Pull|work=Clash|first=Mike|last=Diver|date=February 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017053929/http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-sj-esau-the-pull|archive-date=October 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> A DVD release of the album containing videos for each track has been announced for late 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rwffmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/track-of-day-sj-esau-stubborn-step.html|title=Track Of The Day: SJ Esau - 'Stubborn Step'|work=RWFF|first=Ben P|last=Scott|date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115106/http://rwffmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/track-of-day-sj-esau-stubborn-step.html|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Louder Than War'' | rev1score = favorable<ref name=louderthanwar>{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/sj-esau-exploding-views-album-review/|title=SJ Esau: Exploding Views – album review|website=Louder Than War|first=Phillip|last=Allen|date=March 3, 2014|access-date=November 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527004726/http://louderthanwar.com/sj-esau-exploding-views-album-review/|archive-date=May 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Vice'' | rev2score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/es/article/discos-sj-esau/|title=Discos: Sj Esau|work=Vice|first=Ricardo Miguel|last=Vieira|date=April 10, 2014|access-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617003001/https://www.vice.com/es/article/4wekxb/discos-sj-esau|archive-date=June 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> }} Phillip Allen of ''Louder Than War'' wrote, "this album will widen SJ Esau's audience and hopefully put him on the map next to fellow Bristol independent artists such as Olo Worms and Oliver Wilde and the truly inspiring homegrown talent that makes the place special."<ref name=louderthanwar/> He called the album "a triumph of the independent spirit that the city of Bristol produces so much of."<ref name=louderthanwar/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Sam Wisternoff | title1 = Soul II Skull | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = Stubborn Step | length2 = 4:10 | title3 = Forceps | length3 = 3:32 | title4 = Who Isn't? | length4 = 5:03 | title5 = Why Angry? | length5 = 4:54 | title6 = The Pull | length6 = 4:51 | title7 = Make Space | length7 = 4:22 | title8 = Perspective Parade | length8 = 2:42 | title9 = Remotely | length9 = 6:18 | title10 = What Is It Now? | length10 = 3:24 | title11 = No Journey | length11 = 5:57 | total_length = 48:15 }}
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==External links== * {{Discogs master|846459|Exploding Views}}
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Category:2014 albums Category:SJ Esau albums Category:Experimental pop albums