Wild Nothing - Life of Pause - VINYL LP

When Jack Tatum began work on Life of Pause, his third full-length to date, he had lofty ambitions Don't just write another album; create another world. One with enough detail and texture and dimension that a listener could step inside, explore, and inhabit it as they see fit. InchI desperately wanted for this to be the kind of record that would displace me,Inch he says. InchI'm terrified by the idea of being any one thing, or being of any one genre. And whether or not I accomplish that, I know that my only hope of getting there is to constantly reinvent. That reinvention doesn't need to be drastic, but every new record has to have it's own identity, and it has to have a separate set of goals from what came before.Inch What came before a rightfully acclaimed, much beloved display of singular pop craftsmanship. Tatum's dreamy, unexpected 2010 debut, Gemini, was written while he was still a student at Virginia Tech University. It's equally disarming follow-up, 2012's Nocturne, marked the first time he'd been able to bring his bedroom recordings into a studio, to be performed and fully realized with the help of other musicians. There has been a set of wonderfully expansive EPs in between-each hinting at new directions and punctuating previous ideas-but with Life of Pause, Tatum delivers what he describes as his most InchhonestInch and InchmatureInch work yet, an exquisitely arranged and beautifully recorded collection of songs that marry the immediate with the indefinable. InchI allowed myself to go down every route I could imagine even if it ended up not working for me,Inch he says. InchI owe it to myself to take as many risks as possible. Songs are songs and you have to allow yourself to be open to everything.Inch After a prolonged period of writing and experimentation, recording took place over several weeks in both Los Angeles and Stockholm, with producer Thom Mon

Sea Blue in Coke Bottle Clear. Because Hold, Jack Tatum's fifth album under the moniker Wild Nothing, was written in the aftermath of new parenthood during the pandemic, it was probably inevitable that it would be searching and existential music. But during the recording process, the artist known for synth-pop tastefulness used it as an opportunity to reach for a new sonic maximalism and wider set of influences. With contributions from longtime collaborator Jorge Elbrecht, Tommy Davidson of Beach Fossils and Hatchie's Harriette Pilbeam, first single InchHeadlights OnInch features an acid house- worthy bass groove and breakbeat that prove Tatum is playing for the rafters.Tatum produced the rest of the record on his own, partially out of necessity, due to the challenges of the pandemic. The songs were eventually brought to Adrian Olsen at Montrose Recording in Richmond to begin recording drums and filling in the gaps. While largely a product of isolation, Hold also reflects the things Tatum has learned from collaborators, both on previous records and during his acclaimed work with Japanese Breakfast and Molly Burch. The rest of the record was mixed by Geoff Swan, who listeners might know for his work with Caroline Polachek and Charli XCX. Swan put Tatum's vocals high in the mix, and throughout the album, he embraces playful vocal processing like never before.Tatum moved from Los Angeles back to his home state of Virginia about five years ago in search of a scaled-back lifestyle. The relatively suburban environment-and the occasional regret it inspired-proved to be great artistic fodder. It's the para- dox of modern America-the suburbs are supposed to be stultifying to art, but they are so full of human desperation perfect for dramatizing. On InchSuburban SolutionsInch, he presents an anti-jingle with an acidly bright synthesizer melody, imploring you to sign on the dott

Wild Nothing - Indigo [VINYL LP] date 08/31/2018