An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
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{{Infobox album
| name = An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
| type = studio
| artist = Cassandra Jenkins
| cover = Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2021|02|19}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 31:44
| label = Ba Da Bing
| producer =
| prev_title = Play Till You Win
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =My Light, My Destroyer
| next_year =2024
}}
{{Music ratings
|MC=87/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/an-overview-on-phenomenal-nature/cassandra-jenkins|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/an-overview-on-phenomenal-nature-mw0003468898|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Monger|first=Timothy|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
|rev2=Beats Per Minute
|rev2score=79%{{cite web|url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-cassandra-jenkins-an-overview-on-phenomenal-nature/|title=Beats Per Minute Review|website=Beats Per Minute|last=Cohn|first=Ben|date=February 22, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
|rev3=Exclaim!
|rev3score=8/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cassandra_jenkins_an_overview_on_phenomenal_nature_album_review|title=Cassandra Jenkins' 'An Overview on Phenomenal Nature' Is an Iridescent Folk-Jazz Odyssey|website=Exclaim!|last=Bell|first=Kaelan|date=February 17, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
| rev4=Pitchfork
| rev4Score=8.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cassandra-jenkins-an-overview-on-phenomenal-nature/|title=Cassandra Jenkins: An Overview on Phenomenal Nature|work=Pitchfork|date=February 19, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam}}
}}
An Overview on Phenomenal Nature is the second studio album by American musician Cassandra Jenkins. It was released on February 19, 2021, through Ba Da Bing Records.{{cite web|url=https://beatsperminute.com/cassandra-jenkins-takes-us-on-an-existential-tour-in-the-ethereal-travelogue-hard-drive/|title=Cassandra Jenkins Takes Us On An Existential Tour in the Ethereal Travelogue|website=Beats Per Minute|last=H|first=Rob|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
Release
On January 5, 2021, Cassandra Jenkins announced the release of her second studio album.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2112060/cassandra-jenkins-michelangelo/music/|title=Cassandra Jenkins Announces New Album|website=Stereogum|last=Rettig|first=James|date=January 5, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}} On November 19, 2021, a series of demos and other recordings from the recording sessions entitled (An Overview on) An Overview on Phenomenal Nature was released.
=Singles=
The first single "Michelangelo" was released on January 5, 2021, alongside the announcement of the album.
The second single "Hard Drive" was released on January 20, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2113631/cassandra-jenkins-hard-drive/music/|title=Cassandra Jenkins – Hard Drive|website=Stereogum|last=Rettig|first=James|date=January 20, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
=Music videos=
On January 5, 2021, Jenkins released the first official music video for "Michelangelo" on YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_TLHH4bss8|title=Michelangelo – Cassandra Jenkins|publisher=YouTube|date=January 5, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
The official music video for "Hard Drive" was released on Jenkins' official YouTube on January 21, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW8XoovSlsM|title=Hard Drive – Cassandra Jenkins|publisher=YouTube|date=January 21, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}} It was edited and directed by Josh Goleman.
Cassandra Jenkins released the third music video "Crosshairs" on February 10, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SxE2Hr64pY|title=Crosshairs – Cassandra Jenkins|publisher=YouTube|date=February 10, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}} In a press release of the video, Jenkins explained "I wrote "Crosshairs" in the before times — not thinking about isolation. Listening to the song now, it reads more literally; I’ve never craved human interaction in the way I have over the course of the past year, and my experience of time has completely shifted. I decided to shoot this video over the weekend because I want to capture the snowy cityscape of New York in February 2021 and how my inner landscape feels in this moment — simultaneously {{sic|min|iscule}} and expansive."{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cassandra-jenkins-shares-video-for-new-song-crosshairs-watch/|title=Cassandra Jenkins Shares Video for New Song "Crosshairs"|website=Pitchfork|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=February 9, 2021|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
Critical reception
An Overview on Phenomenal Nature was met with "universal acclaim" 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 87 based on 9 reviews. Aggregator website Album of the Year gave the release a 82 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/322497-cassandra-jenkins-an-overview-on-phenomenal-nature.php|title=Album of the Year Review|website=Album of the Year|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}
In a review for AllMusic, Timothy Monger gave high praise to the release, explaining "Five years after her debut album, Cassandra Jenkins returns with Overview on Phenomenal Nature, a stunning work of impressionistic connections, contradictions, and observations all stitched together into a web of graceful dream folk. Themes of loss and healing reverberate throughout the album, especially on the hushed "Ambiguous Norway" and the gorgeous standout "New Bikini," a pair of tracks in which David Berman plays a significant role."
=Accolades=
Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline =An Overview on Phenomenal Nature track listing
|title1=Michelangelo
|length1=3:30
|title2=New Bikini
|length2=4:22
|title3=Hard Drive
|length3=5:27
|title4=Crosshairs
|length4=4:04
|title5=Ambiguous Norway
|length5=4:20
|title6=Hailey
|length6=2:53
|title7=The Ramble
|length7=7:08
}}
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