Codename: Dustsucker, stylised as ///CODENAME: dustsucker, is the second studio album by English post-rock band Bark Psychosis.[1] It was released on 28 July 2004 on Fire Records. The album was recorded at DustSuckerSound, a private studio run by Bark Psychosis member Graham Sutton in east London, between 1999 and 2004. It notably features the contributions of Lee Harris, the drummer and percussionist of early post-rock purveyors Talk Talk.
| ///Codename: Dustsucker | ||||
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| Released | 28 July 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2004 | |||
| Studio | DustSuckerSound in London | |||
| Genre | Post-rock | |||
| Length | 50:18 | |||
| Label | Fire | |||
| Producer | Graham Sutton | |||
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"400 Winters", along with remixes of three of the album's other tracks, was released as an EP titled "400 Winters" in 2005.
Composition
editThe band continues to use conventional rock instruments in songs that are structured unconventionally, as they did in their earlier releases. Rather than the familiar alternation of verse and chorus, the songs mostly develop as a succession of related sections. "400 Winters" has an intro, a verse, a long chorus-like section, then the rhythm and arrangement change for a long coda section, which fades to be replaced by a chord sequence on piano and what appears to be a distorted answerphone message. "Shapeshifting" follows a similar structure. "Burning the City" is based around a three bar pattern, in contrast to rock's usual 4, 8 or 12 bar structures.
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| Mojo | [4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10[5] |
| Stylus Magazine | A[6] |
| Uncut | [7] |
The album has received generally positive reviews. A contemporary review in the American music magazine CMJ compared the band and album's sound to fellow English compatriots Elbow and Doves, and positively wrote that listeners "may have to scour the import bins for this one, but you'll thank us for the heads up."[8] In an October 2004 review by Sab Ubl for Pitchfork, the album's sound is described as "utterly unique," with Ubl also writing that "what the songs lack in structural certainty or melodic eloquence they usually make up for in the remarkable depth and vibrancy of their textures."[9] In December 2004, American webzine Somewhere Cold ranked Codename: Dustsucker No. 1 on their 2004 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame list.[10]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "From What Is Said to When It's Read" | Graham Sutton, Colin Bradley | 5:27 |
| 2. | "The Black Meat" | Sutton, Rachel Dreyer | 6:50 |
| 3. | "Miss Abuse" | Sutton, Lee Harris | 6:11 |
| 4. | "400 Winters" | Sutton, Anja Buechele | 5:48 |
| 5. | "Dr. Innocuous/Ketamoid" | Sutton | 1:04 |
| 6. | "Burning the City" | Sutton, Dreyer | 5:11 |
| 7. | "Inqb8tr" | Sutton, Harris | 8:00 |
| 8. | "Shapeshifting" | Sutton, Dreyer | 6:03 |
| 9. | "Rose" | Sutton | 5:50 |
Track #5 is alternatively written as "Dr. Innocuous-Ketamoid" on a few releases, such as on Spotify and a promo CDr issued by Fire Records in 2018.[11]
Personnel
editMusicians
- Graham Sutton – guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, melodica, E-mu Emulator, vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
- Lee Harris – drums, percussion
- Colin Bradley – guitar
- Pete Beresford – vibraphone
- Rachel Dreyer – piano, vocals (8)
- T. J. Mackenzie – trumpet
- Anja Buechele – vocals (4, 6)
- Chicken – gonk vocal
- Neil Aldridge – indicators
- Shaun Hyder – Sindhi tamboura
- David Panos – bass guitar
- Alice Kemp – bowed guitar
- Silke Roch – vocals (9)
- Mark Simnett – found drums
- Del Crabtree – found trumpet
Technical personnel
- Graham Sutton – engineering, production, mastering
- Noel Summerville – mastering
References
edit- ^ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | I Put A Spell On You: The Story Of Bark Psychosis & Hex". The Quietus.
- ^ "Codename: Dustsucker – Bark Psychosis". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ Segal, Victoria (June 2018). "Bark Psychosis: Codename: Dustsucker". Mojo (295): 103.
- ^ Ubl, Sam (4 October 2004). "Bark Psychosis: Codename: Dustsucker". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Southall, Nick (26 July 2004). "Bark Psychosis – ///Codename: Dustsucker – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Bark Psychosis: Codename: Dustsucker". Uncut (89). October 2004.
- ^ “REVIEWS.” CMJ New Music Monthly, June 2004, pp. 5.
- ^ Ubl, Sam (2004). "Codename: Dustsucker". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009.
- ^ Lamoreaux, Jason T. (1 December 2004). "Somewhere Cold Awards 2004". Somewhere Cold. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bark Psychosis – Codename: Dustsucker". Discogs. 2018. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
External links
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