Motherfucker, I Am Both: "Amen" and "Hallelujah"...
by Shearling
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 May 2025
- Label: Mishap
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:02:21
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 54 ratings
Artists on this release: Elizabeth A. Carver, Alex Kent, Rachel Kennedy, Andrew Chanover, Scott Evans, Sylvie Simmons, Jason Schimmel, Ian Thompson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Rising from the dissolution of the experimental rock act Sprain, Shearling's debut 'Motherfucker, I Am Both: "Amen" and "Hallelujah"...' is a single, hour-long composition that expands on material developed during Sprain's final performances. The monolithic track is a dense and challenging work of noise rock and post-rock, built from sprawling instrumental passages, a wide array of unconventional instrumentation, and Alex Kent's varied, intense vocal delivery. Presented as the first of two 'sister albums,' the recording establishes the band's uncompromising and ambitious approach, weaving together themes of religious anxiety and American identity into a singular, sprawling narrative.
Genres
Descriptors: noisy, droning, confrontational, lo-fi, monolithic, experimental, long-form, abrasive, dissonant
Tracklist
Credits
- Alex Kent - vocals, guitar, percussion, synthesizer, trombone, samples, hammered dulcimer, banjo, harmonium, accordion, saw, taish艒goto, organ, glockenspiel, gamelan, mellotron, mandolin, autoharp, piano, bells, engineer, producer, cover
- Sylvie Simmons - guitar, synthesizer, organ, programmed by, samples
- Andrew Chanover - drums
- Wesley Nelson - bass
- Elizabeth A. Carver - guitar, keyboards, sampler
- Ian Thompson - alto saxophone
- M谩t茅 Tulip谩n - tenor saxophone, trombone
- Rachel Kennedy - vocals
- Jason Schimmel - engineer
- Shadrach Tuck - layout
- Cleo Henman - mastered by
- Scott Evans - mixed by