Dean Blunt / Black Metal
| Album: | Black Metal | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Dean Blunt | Added: | Nov 2014 | |
| Label: | Rough Trade | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-11-14 | Pull Date: | 2015-01-16 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 18 | Jan 11 | Dec 14 | Dec 7 | Nov 30 | Nov 23 | Nov 16 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 04, 2024: | Sorry to bother you
100 |
4. | Oct 08, 2020: | deep storage
Punk |
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| 2. | Jan 17, 2024: | GORP
100 |
5. | May 25, 2017: | night tapes #6
Molly & Aquafina |
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| 3. | Jan 23, 2022: | Windowlicker
Lush |
6. | Feb 24, 2016: | radio seven
100 |
Album Review
DJ Muscat
Reviewed 2014-11-14
Reviewed 2014-11-14
Genre: black metal(?), ???, outsider art, post-internet
Former Inga Copeland collaborator finds himself on a hot streak. Earning some critical acclaim with 2013’s The Redeemer (factmag’s #1 aoty…), Blunt then continued his run of bricolage breakup record with a mysterious Russian release called Stone Island and a new mixtape this year. Political, dreamy, menacing, and often beautiful, Black Metal is the culmination of Blunt's bizarre musical world. A new favorite for insomniacs everywhere. Male vocals throughout with help from folk-chanteuse Joanne Robertson on many tracks.
Others: Dirty Beaches, James Ferraro, Hype Williams
FCCs: 2, 4, 8, 11. Favorites: 1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13
1. (1:58) *** indie folk guitar and canned drums but then gorgeous string samples that swirl around Blunt’s vocals…awesome opener wow
2. (2:36) FCC ("n***a") bluesy guitar + drum machine action. Features the dreamy vocals of Joanne Robertson. Shame about the FCC.
3. (2:31) Acoustic guitar and dry vocals from Blunt. Lonely, mournful song.
4. (3:21) (FCC brief "bullshit”) OH WOW. This is top-notch beautiful outsider art right here. Duet between Blunt and Robertson. I want to live in this song.
5. (1:59) ** Cascading strings, echo-y drums, odd piano…blunt singing through the fog.
6. (4:06) *** Ghost-folk. Most sentimental, emotionally direct track on the album. Robertson + Blunt duet again.
7. (13:00) * Abstract…smoky wayward vocals from Robertson…piano piano piano…saxophone…sure to be a staple of late night radio
8. (8:54) FCC (“f*ck”) Ambient hum, some guitar noodling. Then dubby drum machine and vocals come ~3 minutes in. Sonic partner to previous track.
9. (2:35) ** Nice little bass-line and r&b drums.
10. (2:11) Instrumental. Noisy, disorienting. Little Mac blips of Blunt turning down the volume…who needs the fourth wall anyway?
11. (1:16) FCC ("n***a”) I really like this one…too bad about the FCC. Nice little start/stop dynamic. Too short.
12. (3:26) ** Drum machine intro. Queasy bass. Low mumbled vocals from Blunt. Cool synth work.
13. (4:45) ** Same as the last track on Skin Fade mixtape. Skronky saxophone. Cluttered drum beat. Dean Blunt vs. Evil
Former Inga Copeland collaborator finds himself on a hot streak. Earning some critical acclaim with 2013’s The Redeemer (factmag’s #1 aoty…), Blunt then continued his run of bricolage breakup record with a mysterious Russian release called Stone Island and a new mixtape this year. Political, dreamy, menacing, and often beautiful, Black Metal is the culmination of Blunt's bizarre musical world. A new favorite for insomniacs everywhere. Male vocals throughout with help from folk-chanteuse Joanne Robertson on many tracks.
Others: Dirty Beaches, James Ferraro, Hype Williams
FCCs: 2, 4, 8, 11. Favorites: 1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13
1. (1:58) *** indie folk guitar and canned drums but then gorgeous string samples that swirl around Blunt’s vocals…awesome opener wow
2. (2:36) FCC ("n***a") bluesy guitar + drum machine action. Features the dreamy vocals of Joanne Robertson. Shame about the FCC.
3. (2:31) Acoustic guitar and dry vocals from Blunt. Lonely, mournful song.
4. (3:21) (FCC brief "bullshit”) OH WOW. This is top-notch beautiful outsider art right here. Duet between Blunt and Robertson. I want to live in this song.
5. (1:59) ** Cascading strings, echo-y drums, odd piano…blunt singing through the fog.
6. (4:06) *** Ghost-folk. Most sentimental, emotionally direct track on the album. Robertson + Blunt duet again.
7. (13:00) * Abstract…smoky wayward vocals from Robertson…piano piano piano…saxophone…sure to be a staple of late night radio
8. (8:54) FCC (“f*ck”) Ambient hum, some guitar noodling. Then dubby drum machine and vocals come ~3 minutes in. Sonic partner to previous track.
9. (2:35) ** Nice little bass-line and r&b drums.
10. (2:11) Instrumental. Noisy, disorienting. Little Mac blips of Blunt turning down the volume…who needs the fourth wall anyway?
11. (1:16) FCC ("n***a”) I really like this one…too bad about the FCC. Nice little start/stop dynamic. Too short.
12. (3:26) ** Drum machine intro. Queasy bass. Low mumbled vocals from Blunt. Cool synth work.
13. (4:45) ** Same as the last track on Skin Fade mixtape. Skronky saxophone. Cluttered drum beat. Dean Blunt vs. Evil
Track Listing
| 1. | Lush | 7. | Forever | |||
| 2. | 50 Cent | 8. | X | |||
| 3. | Blow | 9. | Punk | |||
| 4. | 100 | 10. | Country | |||
| 5. | Heavy | 11. | Hush | |||
| 6. | Molly & Aquafina | 12. | Mersh | |||
| 13. | Grade | |||||