Moondust for My Diamond
2021 studio album by Hayden Thorpe
Moondust for My Diamond is the second studio album by English musician Hayden Thorpe, released on 15 October 2021 through Domino Recording Company. It was produced by Richard Formby, Nathan Jenkins and Thorpe, and preceded by the single "The Universe Is Always Right", as well as the songs "Metafeeling", "Parallel Kingdom" and "Golden Ratio".
The album was reissued in an expanded edition, called the Every Piece of Dust Edition, on 19 August 2022, from which the song "Polygod" was released as a single.
Background
In discussing the themes of the album, Thorpe explained that he wanted to explore "the meeting point between science and religion, the grand struggle for reality that shapes so much of our time". The album mostly abandons the piano ballad-dominated sound of Thorpe's solo debut album Diviner (2019) in favour of "synths, electronics, and softly-strummed guitars", moving into more overt electronic and synthpop territory.
Whilst out shopping in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day 2019, Thorpe purchased a Hagström Viking baritone guitar, which reignited his interest in playing guitar and set the impetus for the material that would appear on Moondust for My Diamond. Thorpe stated that "if the piano was my totem instrument for Diviner, then this guitar became the amulet for the new record." Thorpe reunited with Richard Formby, whom he had previously worked with whilst in Wild Beasts, for the recording sessions.
Critical reception
On review aggregator Metacritic, Moondust for My Diamond received a score of 76 out of 100 based on nine critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. Ross Horton of The Line of Best Fit gave the album 8 out of 10 and called it a "very close second to its predecessor", 2019's Diviner, noting the difference from the previous album's use of piano, which is swapped out for "synth tones and programmed drums" on Moondust for My Diamond. Horton concluded that the record is "another essential album from a man who couldn't make a bad one if he tried".
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