Dear (Boris album)

Dear is the twenty-fourth album release and the twenty-third studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris. Released on 14 July 2017 through Sargent House record label, it marks the band's 25th anniversary. The music video for the track "Absolutego", which shares its title with the band's 1996 debut, was also released in May 2017.[1]

Dear
Studio album by Boris
Released	July 12, 2017 (Japan) July 14, 2017 (International)
Recorded	2017
Genre	Doom metal avant-garde metal stoner rock post-rock
Length	93:06 (Daymare 2CD) 69:06 (Southern Lord CD)
Label	Sargent House, Daymare Recordings
Producer	Boris
Boris chronology
Gensho (2016) Dear (2017) LφVE & EVφL (2019)

Dear was originally planned as a farewell album. Nevertheless, its sessions produced three albums' worth of material: ten tracks were cut for the record and the rest were reserved for future releases.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B-[4]
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	8/10[5]

Upon its release, Dear received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 78, which indicates "generally positive reviews", based on 14 reviews.[3] AllMusic critic Thom Jurek wrote: "On Dear, Boris again prove their mettle as rock leviathans." Jurek further described the record as a "proof positive that this trio are far from running on empty."[2] The A.V. Club's A.A. Dowd stated: "Even doom fanatics may yearn for a more consistent track list; one drawback to churning out new records at this frequency is that the output can be uneven, mixing the transcendent with the forgettable."[4] Matthew Ritchie of Exclaim! commented: "If you dig deep enough, it's an album filled with surprises from a band that continue to impress."[5]

Track listing

Daymare 2CD

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"D.O.W.N. -Domination of Waiting Noise-"	6:05
2.	"詩" ("DEADSONG")	6:42
3.	"絶対自我" ("Absolutego")	4:55
4.	"かのひと" ("Beyond")	6:39
5.	"蜉蝣" ("Kagero")	5:34
6.	"ビオトープ" ("Biotope")	5:32
7.	"The Power"	7:40
8.	"Memento Mori"	4:48
9.	"何処へ" ("Dystopia -Vanishing Point-")	11:51
10.	"Dear"	9:23
Total length:		69:06

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"More"	7:17
2.	"Evil Perspective"	7:01
3.	"D.O.W.N -Domination of Waiting Noise-" (Full version)	9:42
Total length:		24:00

Sargent House CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"D.O.W.N. -Domination of Waiting Noise-"	6:05
2.	"DEADSONG" (詩)	6:42
3.	"Absolutego" (絶対自我)	4:55
4.	"Beyond" (かのひと)	6:39
5.	"Kagero" (蜉蝣)	5:34
6.	"Biotope" (ビオトープ)	5:32
7.	"The Power"	7:40
8.	"Memento Mori"	4:48
9.	"Dystopia -Vanishing Point-" (何処へ)	11:51
10.	"Dear"	9:23
Total length:		69:06

Personnel

Boris

• Takeshi – bass, guitar, vocals
• Wata – guitar, vocals, effects, echo
• Atsuo – drums, vocals

References

1. Gaca, Anna (9 May 2017). "Boris Announce 23rd Studio Album Dear, Release "Absolutego" Video". Spin. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
2. Jurek, Thom. "Dear - Boris". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
3. "Boris - Dear". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
4. Dowd, A.A. (14 July 2017). "Japanese Breakfast, The Dears, Sheer Mag, and more in this week's music reviews". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
5. Ritchie, Matthew (13 July 2017). "Boris - Dear". Exclaim!. Retrieved 15 July 2017.