Warpaint

Rough Trade is excited to announce Warpaint’s new self-titled album, set for release on 20th January 2014. ‘Warpaint’ is the follow-up to the LA four-piece’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Fool’ (2010). ‘Warpaint’ was co-produced by Warpaint and Flood (PJ Harvey, Sigur Ros, New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Foals), and mixed by Flood and Nigel Godrich (Radiohead).

the first time the chorus hits is full on O_O killer

looking forward to seeing em on wednesday

love it

gonna hold out to hear this until the album comes out or I'm in a better location. love this band so much

Hear a track from the LP, "Love Is to Die", below, and watch a teaser for the album directed by music video luminary Chris Cunningham. He also designed the cover art, above. Cunningham filmed and photographed the album recording process over the course of two years.

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Super into this. I was a hesitant at first, because sounds like they went through something different in the songwriting process from the last two records, but my reservations fell away after a few listens. Hope the album has more guitars on it though. Really into these guys as a guitar band. When they resurface at the end, they sound like something straight off of Disintegration. Jenny Lee Lindberg's bass sounds great, like really well-defined and up front.

goddamn they were amazing last night

stella and jen are just 0_0 as a rhythm section, heard stella doing some lovely jaki-esque drumming along with another drummer today

Stella tears it up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc3dE-b4Z1o

https://m.soundcloud.com/warpaintwarpaint/biggy-1

I'm not really latching onto this one. I like the fuzzy synth bass, but other than that, it just kinda plods along.

Yep

the beat is so '90s (which i've been hearing coming back lately, but idk).

ie the part of trip-hop that it's best to leave behind

Yeah, it definitely has an unremarkable 90s feel. But it's track 5 on the album, so maybe it's like a palate cleanser of some sort.

Seems like a weird choice to throw out there ahead of release date though.

I like it. But I have to be in a warpaint mood to listen to it, and that involves a lot of alcohol.

some snippets up on the german amazon

http://www.amazon.de/Warpaint/dp/B00HPX9X8K/ref=sr_1_5?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&sr=1-5&keywords=warpaint

I think this record is going to sound a lot like Slowdive's "Sing"

here's some crappy cellpwn pics I forgot to post from Warpaint @ The Whitney NYC 2010

http://imgur.com/a/hJksK

New record is streaming...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/13/warpaint-album-stream

Thank you!

Not sure if Biggy is different on the album than on the leak, but I like it better in context. Disco/Very is pretty great. So far really into this.

How the world does adore its rich white California girls

O_____________O

this is really pretty

That it is.

Gorgeous, subtly unsettling stuff here. I'm really going to enjoy this album if I remember to return to it.

This is a great album. Can't wait to own it on vinyl.

So this is basically what I imagine Savages might sound like when they grow up. Something very Too Pure about it.

You know, like Laika or Long Fin Kilie?

First album I'm really enjoying this year. They have this great balance of having obvious reference points but mix them in a way so it doesn't matter, at least to me.

Tried in vain to get tix for tonight's show in Brooklyn

I get the same kind of vibe from Warpaint as I do from early Verve... in the sense that my preferred listening mode for them is lights off, headphones on, horizontal, relax and just focus on nothing else. New album is no exception.

A couple of things:

1. The album is definitely frontloaded to my ears. I don't think the album really keeps up the momentum of the first 7 tracks, although 'Drive' is definitely one of my favourite things on here.

2. 'Go In' strikes me as being the weakest track here. It's the one track on the album which I'm struggling to care for, and might rank as one of the weakest things Warpaint have ever recorded.

3. The 10th track is called 'CC', meaning that on the track listing, it's listed as '10. CC'... is this some kind of witty pun/in-joke on the band of the same name?

Overall though, I'm liking this record more than their first one, and I liked that one plenty enough!

had a quick listen to the stream, gonna get proper copy as that only revealed.... it's gonna take a lot more listens (like the first). Do hope it's a grower,I couldn't love them more based on their past stuff.

agreed. I LOVE the Fool, messy weird production and mix choices included; but this isn't grabbing me the same way. There isn't anything on here as memorable as the best moments of the Fool. But it might have other charms, which will show up over time.

Stella's album

Still really liking this a lot, and it opens up nicely with repeat listens. The last three or four songs might be my favorite stretch of the album. They're much tighter and more pointed than the dubby opening tracks; it's a really satisfying payoff. "Son" just floors me.

i read

"soon" just floors me

there and had to think about old threads from around 2001/2002 when ned wrote about the last song from loveless...

Huh, between that and the 10CC thing it makes me wonder if the similarity is intentional, and if there are other track title tricks going on here. Most of the song titles are short, vague and not necessarily indicative of the songs.

The anticipation is killing me today. Could only listen to the guardian stream through my office earbuds, of which only one bud is functioning.

this thread made me listen to this band (the fool) for the first time

holy shit this band is great, where have i been.

for some reason i thought they were more of the 2 ding-dongs and some old keyboards indie synth bullshit like chvrches and chillwave type shit

this is really striking, such great basslines and drumming

preview from the chris cunningham doc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHKPdYX_OLQ

xp some good stuff on the exquisite corpse ep too so check that out. i'm hoping this is the album where they kinda put it all together.

this album rules.

eagerly anticipating dog latin and imago's opinions on it exactly one year from now

It will get nudged from the 77th slot by a new Deafheaven album.

Oh, if only Deafheaven were putting out a new album this year :P

Oof. I@n Coh3n really didn't like this.

Even those sympathetic to what Warpaint are doing have all but admitted this album lacks hooks, grooves, or even a pulse most of the time