...And Star Power
by Foxygen
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 October 2014
- Label: Jagjaguwar
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:21:47
- Community rating: 3.4/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Tim Presley, of Montreal, Justin Nijssen, Joseph Hein, Shaun Fleming, Jackie Cohen, Wayne Coyne, Jonathan Rado, overdubbed by, Andrew Nisenberg, Sam France, Bleached, Patrick Haight, Jared Walker
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A deliberately unhinged, sprawling 82-minute double album that completely derails the concise pop-rock success of their breakthrough record. Operating as a confusing, satirical concept album about a fictional punk band, it heavily features blown-out lo-fi recordings, disjointed tape manipulation, and jarring stylistic shifts. The chaotic, self-sabotaging nature of the project intensely divided critics and fans alike.
Genres
Descriptors: lo-fi, noisy, dissonant, experimental, retro, melodic, deconstructed
Tracklist
- Star Power Airlines (1:10)
- How Can You Really (3:33)
- Coulda Been My Love (3:04)
- Cosmic Vibrations (5:01)
- You & I (2:17)
- Star Power I: Overture (1:40)
- Star Power II: Star Power Nite (2:13)
- Star Power III: What Are We Good For (3:19)
- Star Power IV: Ooh Ooh (1:50)
- I Don't Have Anything/The Gate (4:35)
- Mattress Warehouse (4:26)
- 666 (2:05)
- Flowers (3:11)
- Wally's Farm (1:58)
- Cannibal Holocaust (3:47)
- Hot Summer (1:48)
- Cold Winter/Freedom (6:13)
- Can't Contextualize My Mind (3:53)
- Brooklyn Police Station (4:21)
- The Game (2:20)
- Freedom II (3:52)
- Talk (4:06)
- Everyone Needs Love (6:47)
- Hang (4:06)
Credits
- Nathaniel David Utesch - typography [lettering]
- Sam France - written-by, bass drum, guitar
- Donald D - featuring
- Speedier Freakz - featuring
- Jackie Cohen - backing vocals, voice [counting], sitar [electric], piano
- Austin Kearns - backing vocals [end voices]
- Eric Deines - backing vocals [end voices]
- Evan Laffer - backing vocals [end voices]