Internal Logic (album)

{{Short description|2012 Grass Widow album}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox album | name = Internal Logic | type = Studio | artist = [[Grass Widow]] | cover = Internal_Logic_2012_Grass_Widow.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2012|5|22}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = HLR | producer = | prev_title = [[Past Time (Grass Widow album)|Past Time]] | prev_year = 2010 }} '''''Internal Logic''''' is the third and final album by Bay Area trio [[Grass Widow]], released on May 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45963-grass-widow-announce-new-album/ |title=Grass Widow announce new album ''Internal Logic'' |work=Pitchfork |date=March 28, 2012 |access-date=June 1, 2026 |author=Minsker, Evan}}</ref> It was their first self-released album.<ref name="stereogum-gw" />

According to [[Hannah Lew]], the band "just wanted to write songs that had positive affirmations and were fun to play," after ''[[Past Time (Grass Widow album)|Past Time's]]'' focus on death and grief.<ref name="stereogum-gw" /> Lillian Maring said that "This record is us relaxing into what we want to be as a band."<ref name="believer-gw" />

==Reception== ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' rated the album 7.7/10, praising the band's "total command" of their sound.<ref name="pitchfork-il" /> ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' described the band as "a three-headed serpent of sugary harmonies," and criticized the band for offering a "mirror image of the band’s previous outings."<ref name="cos-il" /> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' rated the album 8/10, describing it as "A Slits and Shangri-Las summit where heavenly three-part harmonies dance atop jagged post-punk guitars."<ref name="spin-il" />

==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_music = Grass Widow |total_length = 29:27 |title1=Goldilocks Zone |length1=03:15 |title2=Hang Around |length2=02:59 |title3=Milo Minute |length3=02:01 |title4=Under the Atmosphere |length4=03:06 |title5=Disappearing Industries |length5=02:35 |title6=A Light in the Static |length6=01:34 |title7=Spock on MUNI |length7=03:10 |title8=Advice |length8=03:01 |title9=Cover You |length9=02:34 |title10=Whistling in the Dark |length10=03:32 |title11=Response to Photographs |length11=01:40 }} Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boomkat.com/products/internal-logic-6e31f5b4-5716-43a5-9ec9-4a71b579fdb7|title=Grass Widow - Internal Logic|website=Boomkat|access-date=May 28, 2026}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist| <ref name="pitchfork-il">{{cite web |title=Grass Widow: Internal Logic |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16637-internal-logic/ |website=Pitchfork |date=May 24, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="pm-il">{{cite web |title=Grass Widow: Internal Logic |url=https://www.popmatters.com/160174-grass-widow-internal-logic-2495839682.html |website=PopMatters |date=2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="cos-il">{{cite web |title=Album Review: Grass Widow – Internal Logic |url=https://consequence.net/2012/05/album-review-grass-widow-internal-logic/ |website=Consequence of Sound |date=May 29, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="spin-il">{{cite web |title=Grass Widow, 'Internal Logic' (HLR) |url=https://www.spin.com/2012/06/grass-widow-internal-logic-hlr/ |website=Spin |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="utr-grasswidow-interview">{{cite web |last=Tinkham |first=Chris |title=Grass Widow |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/grass_widow/ |website=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]] |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="stereogum-gw">{{cite web |title=Turntable Interview: Grass Widow |url=https://stereogum.com/1180411/turntable-interview-grass-widow/interviews |website=Stereogum |date=2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="believer-gw">{{cite magazine |last=Vail |first=Tobi |title=An Interview with Grass Widow |url=https://www.thebeliever.net/an-interview-with-grass-widow/ |magazine=The Believer |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2026}}</ref> }} {{Hannah Lew}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Internal Logic}} [[Category:Grass Widow albums]] [[Category:2012 albums]]