Amen & Goodbye
by Yeasayer
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 April 2016
- Label: Mute
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:40
- Community rating: 2.67/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Sean Smith, Cale Parks, other, tape, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker, Anand Wilder, Walter Fancourt, Steve Marion, Joe McGinty
Album Notes & Community Reviews
To craft their fourth album, the experimental pop band temporarily retreated to a rural studio before finalizing the dense, heavily orchestrated tracks in New York. The resulting sound is a chaotic tapestry of choral arrangements, archaic synthesizers, and deeply cynical reflections on religion and modern society.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, anti-religious, progressive
Tracklist
- Daughters of Cain (01:53)
- I Am Chemistry (05:01)
- Silly Me (03:22)
- Half Asleep (04:17)
- Dead Sea Scrolls (03:25)
- Prophecy Gun (03:59)
- Computer Canticle 1 (00:28)
- Divine Simulacrum (02:55)
- Child Prodigy (00:59)
- Gerson's Whistle (05:06)
- Uma (03:13)
- Cold Night (04:13)
- Amen & Goodbye (00:49)
Credits
- Ira Wolf Tuton - bass [fuzz], vocals, vocals, bass [effected fretless], bass [midi], synthesizer [nord lead 2x], synthesizer [kord ms-20], vocals, bass, electric guitar, synth, musical box, electric bass [vox], melodica, slide guitar, synth [softsynths], piano, bass [effected fretless], bass, vocals, synthesizer [korg ms-20], shaker, bass [effected fretless], vocals, synthesizer [korg ms-20], synthesizer [arp solina], synthesizer [roland sh-101], other [hammer], synthesizer [nord wave], bass [vox], vocals, synthesizer [moog bass], bass [vox], vocals, synthesizer [korg ms-20], synthesizer [nord wave], bass [effected fretless], bass [fretless], piano, vocals, synthesizer [korg ms-20], bass, vocals, synthesizer [nord wave], synthesizer [korg ms-20]
- Anand Wilder - bouzouki, vocals, vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizer [moog], synth [obo], acoustic guitar, vocals, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass [fender], cello, electric guitar, vocals, marimba, piano, vocals, vocals, piano, synthesizer [juno-106], electric guitar, piano, harmony vocals, vibraphone, cello, vocals, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer [korg ms-20], bass, electric guitar, piano, vocals, synthesizer [arp solina]
- Chris Keating - organ [wurlitzer], synthesizer [arp solina], vocals, vibraphone, vocals, drum machine [tempest], synthesizer [op-1], vocals, synthesizer [roland sh-101], tape [machine], trumpet, synthesizer [nord], vocals, percussion, drum machine [tempest], mellotron, vocals, vocals, synthesizer [prophet-5], drum machine [tempest], keyboards [nord electro], synthesizer [prophet-5], theremin, percussion, drum machine [tempest], vocals
- Mauro Refosco - percussion, berimbau, triangle, triangle, percussion, vibraphone [bowed], percussion
- Joe McGinty - piano, organ [hammond]
- Lael Neale - vocals [additional]
- Suzzy Roche - vocals [additional], vocals [additonal]
- Cale Parks - drums, drums, percussion, drums, bongos, shaker