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Rectangles and Circumstance
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 2024 (2024-06-14)
RecordedAugust 29 – September 1, 2023
Studios
  • Big Mercy Studio, Brooklyn
  • Figure 8 Recording, Brooklyn
  • Guilford Sound, Guilford
  • Princeton University, Princeton
Length44:06
LabelNonesuch
ProducerJonathan Low
Caroline Shaw chronology
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(2022)
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(2024)
Leonardo da Vinci
(2024)
So Percussion chronology
Individuate
(2022)
Rectangles and Circumstance
(2024)
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(2024)

Rectangles and Circumstance is a collaborative album by American classical composer Caroline Shaw and percussion quartet So Percussion. It was released on June 14, 2024, by Nonesuch Records.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
The GuardianStarStarStarStar[2]
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[3]
Spectrum Culture79/100[4]

Music review website AllMusic wrote about the album, stating "it's hard to imagine that Rectangles and Circumstance won't lead to even more demand for the alliance's concerts."[1] Andrew Clements of the Guardian, in his review of Rectangles and Circumstance, stated "the melodic lines that Shaw adds above them belong to a very different musical world and, as in everything here, the results are never quite what you might expect,"[2] while Gramophone described it as "a more personal album, but these private testimonies are witnessed through shared experience rather than self-reflection."[5] PopMatters gave the album a rating of eight stars, and remarked "Rectangles and Circumstance has a slightly harsher edge than the earthier, more ambient Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, and the textures and complexity of this new album often result in an experience that begs for repeated listens."[3] Spectrum Culture referred to it as "a rich and boundary-pushing album that navigates the musical question of what a “song” can be."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Rectangles and Circumstance"2:55
2."Sing On"3:48
3."Silently Invisibly"4:08
4."And So"5:27
5."The Parting Glass"5:44
6."Slow Motion"4:01
7."Who Turns Out the Light"5:24
8."Like a Drum"3:58
9."This"2:45
10."To Music"5:56
Total length:44:06

References

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  1. 1 2 Donelson, Marcy. "Rectangles and Circumstance - Caroline Shaw". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Clements, Andrew (June 13, 2024). "Rectangles and Circumstance album review – collaborative and gleefully eclectic collection". The Guardian. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ingalls, Chris (July 9, 2024). "Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion Reunite for Genre-Defying LP". PopMatters. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Rega, Konstantin (June 16, 2024). "Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  5. Siôn, Pwyll. "SHAW Rectangles and Circumstance". Gramophone. Retrieved March 8, 2025.