Preoccupations (album)

Preoccupations
Studio album by Preoccupations
Released September 16, 2016
Studio The Barn Window Studio
Lost Cause Studios
The Area
Basketball 4 Life
Breakglass Studios
Genre Indie rock, post-punk, art rock, noise rock, industrial, ambient
Length 38:16
Label Jagjaguwar (US)
Flemish Eye (Canada)
Producer
Preoccupations chronology
Viet Cong
(2015)		 Preoccupations
(2016)
Singles from Preoccupations
  1. "Anxiety"
    Released: June 13, 2016
  2. "Degraded"
    Released: July 13, 2016
  3. "Memory"
    Released: September 7, 2016

Preoccupations is the eponymous second studio album by Canadian rock band Preoccupations, released on September 16, 2016 on Jagjaguwar in the United States and on Flemish Eye in Canada.[1] It is their first release since they changed their name from Viet Cong.

Release

The album was preceded by the singles "Anxiety", "Degraded" and "Memory".[2][3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Consequence of SoundB[7]
DIY[8]
Drowned in Sound8/10[9]
Exclaim!7/10[10]
Pitchfork7.9/10[11]
Under the Radar[12]

Preoccupations received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[5] Writing for Pitchfork, Marc Masters stated, "What makes Preoccupations much more than a circular exercise in self-analysis is the vitality of the music. There’s a tense, nervous energy running through all the tracks, which connect to each other like wires that spark electrical currents when they meet".[13]

Track listing

All tracks written by Preoccupations. 

No.TitleLength
1."Anxiety"  4:29
2."Monotony"  2:53
3."Zodiac"  3:43
4."Memory"  11:26
5."Degraded"  4:00
6."Sense"  1:01
7."Forbidden"  1:32
8."Stimulation"  4:41
9."Fever"  4:31
Total length:38:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Preoccupations.[14]

Main personnel
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 105

References

  1. ↑ Lozano, Kevin (2016-06-13). "Preoccupations (fka Viet Cong) Announce New Album, Share "Anxiety" Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  2. ↑ Rettig, James (2016-06-13). "Preoccupations – "Anxiety" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  3. ↑ Minsker, Evan (2016-07-13). "Preoccupations (fka Viet Cong) Share New Track "Degraded": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  4. ↑ Galbraith, Alex (2016-09-07). "Preoccupations share 11-minute opus "Memory" featuring Dan Boeckner — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  5. 1 2 "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  6. ↑ Phares, Heather (2016-09-13). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  7. ↑ Henry, Dusty (2016-09-13). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  8. ↑ Connick, Tom (2016-09-15). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". DIY. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  9. ↑ Lukowski, Andrzej (2016-09-14). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  10. ↑ Alger, Anna (2016-09-14). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  11. ↑ Masters, Marc (2016-09-19). "Preoccupations: Preoccupations". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  12. ↑ Steinberg, Charles (2016-09-13). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  13. ↑ "Preoccupations: Preoccupations Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  14. ↑ Preoccupations (LP liner notes). Preoccupations. Jagjaguwar. 2016. JAG290.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Preoccupations – Preoccupations" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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