Sonder (Tesseract album)

Sonder
Studio album by
Tesseract
Released20 April 2018
Recorded2017
Studio4D Sounds (Milton Keynes, UK); Celestial Sound Chicago, Illinois)
Genre
Length36:24
LabelKscope
Producer
Tesseract chronology
Polaris
(2016) 		Sonder
(2018) 		War of Being
(2023)
Singles from Sonder
  1. "Smile"
    Released: 23 June 2017
  2. "Luminary"
    Released: 8 February 2018
  3. "King"
    Released: 16 March 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Metal Injection[3]
Metal Storm8.0/10[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]

Sonder is the fourth studio album by British progressive metal band Tesseract. It was released on 20 April 2018 through Kscope, following Polaris (2015).

Tesseract began recording the album in 2017, releasing its first single, "Smile", on 23 June, with the intention of reworking it for Sonder.[6] The album's lead single, "Luminary", was released on 8 February 2018, the same day the album was announced.[7] It is notably the band's first full-length release to not feature a lineup change from the previous album.

  1. ^ "Sonder - TesseracT | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ^ Sonder by Tesseract, retrieved 6 June 2018
  3. ^ "Album Review: TESSERACT Sonder". Metal Injection. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ RaduP (11 July 2018). "YOB - Our Raw Heart". Metal Storm. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. ^ Calum Singerland (19 April 2018). "Tesseract - Sonder". Exclaim!. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Kscope | TesseracT release "Smile" – the new single and lyric video". www.kscopemusic.com. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ "TESSERACT To Release 'Sonder' Album In April". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.