{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Find the Sun | type = studio | artist = Deradoorian | cover = Find the Sun Deradoorian.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2020|09|18}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = Panoramic House (Marin County, California, U.S.)<ref name="cos news">{{cite web |last1=Schatz |first1=Lake |title=Deradoorian announces new album Find the Sun, plots tour dates with Stereolab |url=https://consequence.net/2020/03/deradoorian-find-the-sun-new-album-tour-dates-tickets/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=19 September 2020 |date=10 March 2020}}</ref> | genre = *Psychedelic rock *folk rock *krautrock *psychedelic folk | length = 53:34 | label = Anti- | producer = | prev_title = Eternal Recurrence | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Ready for Heaven | next_year = 2025 }} '''''Find the Sun''''' is the second studio album by American indie musician and former Dirty Projectors member Deradoorian. It was released by Anti- on September 18, 2020.<ref name="pm review">{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Bruce |title=Deradoorian's 'Find the Sun' Turns Disquiet Into Transcendence |url=https://www.popmatters.com/deradoorian-find-the-sun-review-2647100038.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=19 September 2020 |language=en |date=15 September 2020}}</ref>
==Background== ''Find the Sun'' was announced on March 10, 2020, with an initial release date of May 22, 2020.<ref name="diy">{{cite web |title=Deradoorian announces new album 'Find The Sun' |url=https://diymag.com/2020/03/10/deradoorian-announces-new-album-find-the-sun-listen-saturnine-night |website=DIY |access-date=20 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Also announced were Deradoorian's 2020 tour dates, in which she planned to join Stereolab on their 2020 reunion tour.<ref name="cos news"/> Deradoorian began writing most of the songs in the summer of 2019, with some songs having been started in the previous summer. The writing for all songs was completed in the summer of 2019.<ref name="as">{{cite web |last1=Wallock |first1=Matt |title=Inside Angel Deradoorian's Journey to 'Find the Sun' |url=https://americansongwriter.com/find-the-sun-angel-deradoorian-song-interview/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=20 September 2020 |date=5 August 2020}}</ref> The creation process for the album started in Rockaway, Queens. The album was then recorded at Panoramic House, a recording studio in Marin County, California.<ref name="cos news"/> While the album was still in development, Deradoorian attended a Vipassana retreat in complete silence for ten days, which led Samer Ghadry and Dave Harrington to join the track as collaborators.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |last1=Pelly |first1=Jenn |title=Angel Deradoorian Channels Cosmic Energy (and Ozzy Osbourne) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/arts/music/angel-deradoorian-find-the-sun.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=20 September 2020 |date=15 September 2020}}</ref>
==Release== The lead single, "Saturnine Night", was released on March 10, 2020.<ref name="radar1">{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Christopher |title=Deradoorian Announces New Album, Shares New Song "Saturnine Night" |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/deradoorian_announces_new_album_shares_new_song_saturnine_night/ |website=Under the Radar |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> A second single, "Monk's Robes", was released on April 21, 2020, alongside the announcement of the album's postponement and the cancellation of her tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="cos2">{{cite web |last1=Enis |first1=Eli |title=Deradoorian shares new song "Monk's Robes": Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/stream-deradoorian-monks-robes-new-song/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=23 September 2020 |date=21 April 2020}}</ref> "It Was Me" was released next on May 19, 2020.<ref name="radar2">{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Christopher |title=Deradoorian Shares Video for New Song "It Was Me" |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/deradoorian_shares_video_for_new_song_it_was_me/ |website=Under the Radar |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> A fifth single, "Mask of Yesterday", was released on August 5, 2020.<ref name="radar3">{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Christopher |title=Deradoorian Shares New Song "Mask of Yesterday" |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/deradoorian_shares_new_song_mask_of_yesterday |website=Under the Radar |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 76/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web |title=Find the Sun by Deradoorian |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/find-the-sun/deradoorian |website=Metacritic |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | ADM = 7.4/10<ref name="adm">{{cite web |title=Find The Sun by Deradoorian reviews |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/12574/Deradoorian-Find-The-Sun.aspx |website=AnyDecentMusic |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic | class= album | id= mw0003366844| title= Review of ''Find the Sun'' | first= Paul| last= Simpson| accessdate= September 19, 2020}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Clash'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref name="clash">{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Josh |title=Deradoorian – Find The Sun |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/deradoorian-find-the-sun |website=Clash Magazine |access-date=21 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref name="e review">{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Kaelen |title=Deradoorian Basks in the Darkness on 'Find the Sun' |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/deradoorian_find_the_sun_album_review |website=Exclaim! |access-date=19 September 2020 |language=en-ca}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Line of Best Fit'' | rev4score = 8/10<ref name="tlobf">{{cite web |last1=Horton |first1=Ross |title=Deradoorian's starkly beautiful self-reflection is a pertinent fit for 2020 |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/deradoorian-find-the-sun-album-review |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=20 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="mojo">{{cite journal |last1=Aizlewood |first1=John |journal=Mojo|title=Deradoorian – Find the Sun |issue=July 2020 |page=82 |url=https://archive.org/details/mojo-july-2020/page/82/mode/2up |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref name="pm review"/> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="q">{{cite journal |last1=Segal |first1=Victoria|title=Deradoorian – Find the Sun |journal=Q |issue=July 2020 |page=106 |url=https://archive.org/details/2020-07-01-q-magazine/page/105/mode/2up |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> | rev8 = ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' | rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="smh review">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Barnaby |title=Emily Barker, Deradoorian, Paul van Kempen and Waveteller |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/emily-barker-deradoorian-paul-van-kempen-and-waveteller-20200914-p55vbz.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=19 September 2020 |language=en |date=18 September 2020}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Uncut'' | rev9score = 7/10<ref name="uncut">{{cite journal |last1=O'Connell |first1=Sharon |journal=Uncut |issue=October 2020 |page=31 |title=Deradoorian – Find the Sun |url=https://archive.org/details/uncut-october-2020/page/30/mode/2up |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> }} ''Find the Sun'' was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on nine reviews.<ref name="mc"/> Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.<ref name="adm"/> Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 78 out of 100, based on eleven reviews.<ref name="aoty">{{cite web |title=Deradoorian – Find The Sun |url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/222716-deradoorian-find-the-sun.php |website=Album of The Year |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
In a five star review for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Barnaby Smith compared the album to the works of Can, Trees, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Pink Floyd, and Gil Scott-Heron.<ref name="smh review"/> John Aizlewood of ''Mojo'' was more tepid in his review, noting 'it doesn't work when she wails and chants her way through the closing "Sun"{{nbsp}}... the climax to "Red Den" is a choral feast, and "It Was Me" is a slab of surprisingly crisp pop'.<ref name="mojo"/>
===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Accolades for ''Find the Sun'' |- ! scope="col"| Publication ! scope="col"| Accolade ! scope="col"| Rank |- ! scope="row"| ''Pitchfork'' | The 35 Best Rock Albums of 2020 | {{center|—<ref>{{cite web |title=The 35 Best Rock Albums of 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rock-albums-2020/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=March 1, 2021 |date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>}} |}
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Angel Deradoorian | title1 = Red Den | length1 = 4:43 | title2 = Corsican Shores | length2 = 3:44 | title3 = Saturnine Night | length3 = 7:06 | title4 = Monk's Robes | length4 = 4:47 | title5 = The Illuminator | length5 = 9:19 | title6 = Waterlily | length6 = 2:06 | title7 = It Was Me | length7 = 4:26 | title8 = Devil's Market | length8 = 5:30 | title9 = Mask of Yesterday | length9 = 3:58 | title10 = Sun | length10 = 7:55 | total_length = 53:34 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Angel Deradoorian – vocals, flute, guitar, bass guitar (1, 4, 7, 9), synthesizer, production, design * Samer Ghadry – drums, timpani, percussion, production, engineering * Dave Harrington – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 8, 10), electronics, conga, percussion * Adam Gonsalves – mastering * Sean Stout – photography, design
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|1809954|Find the Sun}}
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