Shadow Offering

Shadow Offering is the fourth studio album by Canadian experimental pop/art rock band Braids. It was originally slated to be released on April 24, 2020, but was delayed to June 19 of that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][5][6]

Shadow Offering
Studio album by Braids
Released	June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19)
Length	45:10
Label	Secret City
Producer	Chris Walla[1]
Braids chronology
Deep in the Iris (2015) Shadow Offering (2020)
Singles from Shadow Offering
"Eclipse" Released: November 21, 2019[2] "Young Buck" Released: January 31, 2020[3] "Just Let Me" Released: April 30, 2020[4]

The album was produced by former Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla.^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Clash	8/10[10]
Exclaim!	7/10[11]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[12]
Loud and Quiet	7/10[13]
MusicOMH	[14]
NME	[15]
Under the Radar	8.5/10[16]

Shadow Offering was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews.^[8] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 15 reviews.^[17]

Accolades

Accolades for Shadow Offering

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Stereogum	Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year	28	[18]
Under the Radar	Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2020	24	[19]

Track listing

Shadow Offering track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Here 4 U"	3:51
2.	"Young Buck"	3:53
3.	"Eclipse"	4:56
4.	"Just Let Me"	5:15
5.	"Upheaval II"	5:03
6.	"Fear of Men"	4:30
7.	"Snow Angel"	9:00
8.	"Ocean"	3:49
9.	"Note to Self"	4:29