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Public Strain

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発売日 2010年08月23日
国内/輸入 輸入
レーベルPIAS
構成数 1
パッケージ仕様 -
規格品番 JAG152
SKU 656605215228

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:42:10
Personnel: Chad VanGaalen (vocals). Audio Mixer: Chad VanGaalen. Recording information: Yoko Eno. While adhering to their indie rock lo-fi grit, Women broadened its horizons for its follow-up. Two years in the making, Public Strain is more drastic than the debut in that the darker parts are more abrasive, the releases of tension are more pleasing, and the shimmering, steel-plate melodies are more evocative. There's a huge sense of depth to the album, especially for one locked in a genre that tends to be minimal. Jarring, jangly guitar chords are stacked upon countless layers of vocals, bass, drums, and cello, all dripping with distortion and reverb. In an era where every third lo-fi act sounds like they're emulating an `80s teen-romance soundtrack, this is closer to an art-house horror soundtrack scored by Deerhunter or Deerhoof. The arresting amount of noise can be off-putting (return producer Chad Vangaalen admitted to throwing out certain tracks because they sounded too pretty, and used dirt-filled, cassette recorded takes instead), but if you stick with the album and listen to it in its entirety -- as it's made to be heard -- the inherent beauty grows clearer. A discordant cello sawed in the background of "Narrow with the Hall," serves only to strike fear into its '60s pop heart. Elsewhere, Reimer, Wallace, and the Flegel brothers take "Drag Open" from one extreme to another -- from a grating, stressful post-punk number, to a Thurston Moore-inspired, custom-tuned dreamscape -- before the claustrophobic "Eyesore" opens up to a chamber doo wop harmony as a gorgeous finale. At the surface, the temperature is icy. But like a cold lake's waters, the music of Public Strain becomes less drastic; comforting even, given time. ~ Jason Lymangrover

  1. 1.[CDアルバム]
    1. 1.
      Can't You See
    2. 2.
      Heat Distraction
    3. 3.
      Narrow with the Hall
    4. 4.
      Penal Colony
    5. 5.
      Bells
    6. 6.
      China Steps
    7. 7.
      Untogether
    8. 8.
      Drag Open
    9. 9.
      Locust Valley
    10. 10.
      Venice Lockjaw
    11. 11.
      Eyesore

作品の情報

メイン
アーティスト: Women

オリジナル発売日:2010年

商品の紹介

ピッチフォークやExclaim!などの2010年の年間ベストに選出されたウィメンのセカンド・アルバム!(2010年作品)
2008年にリリースしたデビュー作に続き、ピッチフォークを始めとする海外メディアで高評価を受け、2010年の年間ベストに多数選出。このアルバムのツアー中にメンバーの喧嘩が原因となり活動休止、その後ギタリストのChristopher Reimerが逝去したことで二度と再結成が叶わぬバンドとなってしまった。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2018/07/23)

Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Never willfully ramshackle or unfocused, Women tread the line between discord and delight with deceptive style." Pitchfork (Website) - "PUBLIC STRAIN is an improvement -- a bleak but beautiful record, full of subtly skewed melodies."
Rovi

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