Autolux / Pussy's Dead
Artist Autolux
Album Title: Pussy's Dead
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format CD
Released 04/01/2016
Label 30th Century Records
Catalog No 88875 17957 2
Bar Code No 8 88751 79572 3
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. SelectAllCopy (4:25)
2. Soft Scene (5:05)
3. Hamster Suite (3:03)
4. Junk For Code (3:22)
5. Anonymous (2:48)
6. Brainwasher (3:07)
7. Listen To The Order (4:16)
8. Reappearing (2:51)
9. Change My Head (5:04)
10. Becker (4:21)
Date Acquired 04/08/2016
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Purchase Price 12.59

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Notes

Recorded by Kennie Takahashi at Vox Studios (Los Angeles) and BOOTS at Rancho De La Luna (Palm Desert, CA) & Space 23 (Los Angeles).
Tracks 1, 3 to 5 & 9 mixed by Kennie Takahashi at Living Room Studios (Los Angeles).
Tracks 6 to 8 & 10 mixed by Stuart White at Avenue A Studios (New York).
Track 2 mixed by Stuart White & Kennie Takahashi
All songs © 2015 Demure Circuit (ASCAP) / Bioloom Music (BMI) / Etherteen Music (ASCAP), except:
Tracks 1, 3 to 5 © 2015 Demure Circuit (ASCAP) / Bioloom Music (BMI) / Etherteen Music (ASCAP), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. o/b/o itself, Songs of Roc Nation Music, and In Souls (BMI)
© 2016 & ? 2015, 2016 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-04-13 23:14:46

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Analyzed: Autolux / Pussy's Dead
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR5        0.00 dB    -8.92 dB      4:26 01-Selectallcopy
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.25 dB      5:06 02-Soft Scene
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.24 dB      3:04 03-Hamster Suite
DR6        0.00 dB    -8.16 dB      3:23 04-Junk for Code
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.70 dB      2:48 05-Anonymous
DR5        0.00 dB    -5.92 dB      3:07 06-Brainwasher
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.96 dB      4:17 07-Listen to the Order
DR5        0.00 dB    -8.67 dB      2:52 08-Reappearing
DR7        0.00 dB   -10.45 dB      5:05 09-Change My Head
DR6        0.00 dB    -9.24 dB      4:21 10-Becker
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Number of tracks:  10
Official DR value: DR5

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           850 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Timothy Monger:

On their third record in twelve years, L.A. alt-rock trio Autolux serve up a stark melding of techno-manipulation and dark-toned experimental pop. The shoegaze label that was often attached to their prior albums feels unsuited for the sonic rabbit hole into which they've descended on Pussy's Dead. Though rarely straightforward, there is plenty of allure in the frosty, but richly detailed aesthetics that color these ten songs. Working with producer Boots, whose studio craft came to the fore on Beyoncé's 2013 self-titled album, Autolux deliver a lonesome, noisy set that veers between the warped digital landscapes of Kid A and Amnesiac-era Radiohead and brash, but sometimes tuneful indie rock. Standout cut "Sellectallcopy" opens the album with an appealingly sad/sweet melodic refrain of "It's so so sad to be happy all the time" as cut-up synths and guitars contort and hiss over a strident beat. The icy robotic creep of lead single "Soft Scene" exhibits the more extreme end of their explorations while the trippy guitar epic "Change My Head" offers the album's hookiest refrain. Throughout the remaining tracks, Autolux work to blend their earlier guitar-based selves with their skittering A.I. counterparts, occasionally succeeding on songs like "Listen to the Order" and "Becker." From a performance standpoint, drummer/singer Carla Azar's inventive kit work is at the heart of Pussy's Dead, often providing a distinctly human, if frenzied, pulse that keeps the proceedings from turning too cold. Conversely, her vocal contributions are overwhelmingly masked and treated almost beyond recognition. As a whole, the album plays out a bit unevenly, with some distinctive artistic peaks and a few mis-plays made in the name of experimentation. Still, with the long gaps (six years) between each of their releases, it's hard to fault Autolux for making a worthy stab at reinvention.
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