Pioulard, Benoit / Benoit Pioulard Listening Matter, The
Album: Benoit Pioulard Listening Matter, The   Collection:General
Artist:Pioulard, Benoit   Added:Nov 2016
Label:Kranky  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-11-30 Pull Date: 2017-02-01
Week Ending: Jan 29 Dec 11
Airplays: 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 24, 2017: satin fever
Like There's Nothing Under You
3. Dec 06, 2016: Magnetized Toner
A Mantle For Charon
2. Dec 07, 2016: Brownian Motion
Narcologue

Album Review
DJ Away
Reviewed 2016-11-30
Dreamy, gauzy, grainy, melancholy folk-pop miniatures. This is a switch for Tom Meluch, who in the last year and a half has released several hours of windswept, resorative drone, with his Sonnet LP as the capstone. (Sonnet was far and away my favorite record of 2015.) He’s made several pop records, but this one’s much more economical, tense, and aggressive. I’m tempted to call this his punk record. Favorites: 2, 3, 10, 11, 13. FCC WARNING: 12.

1. (1:34)—Bright, noisy drone.
2. *(3:01)—Slow, limpid folk. Nice clicking percussion.
3. *(2:00)—Fast, sparkling, peppy pop. Half-spoken singing.
4. (0:45)—Field recording. Bird song and acoustic guitar.
5. (2:20)—Mid-tempo, swaying folk. Resigned harmonies.
6. (3:12)—Mid-tempo, placid, with rolling, muted percussion.
7. (1:19)—Mid-tempo, garage pop feel.
8. (1:03)—Loud, intense drone.
9. (1:14)—Fast, frantic, screeching birds, chiptune noises.
10. *(3:17)—Mid-tempo, rolling, pretty, longest song here. Almost danceable.
11. *(1:46)—Warm, gorgeous, grainy drone.
12. (2:25)—FCC (f***). Medium-fast, bouncy pop with hand-claps.
13. *(2:04)—Woozy, dramatic, warbling drone. Deep bass.

Track Listing
1. Initials B.P.   7. Like There's Nothing Under You
2. Narcologue   8. Perennial Discomforts
3. Anchor As The Muse   9. Defect
4. A World Of What-There-Is   10. A Mantle For Charon
5. Layette   11. In The Vapor
6. I Walked Into The Blackness And Built A Fire   12. The Sun Is Going To Explode But Whatever It's Ok
  13. Ruth