Glyptothek is an album by Scottish musician Momus. It was released on 5 December 2015 by independent record label American Patchwork on CD and distributed by Darla Records.
| Glyptothek | ||||
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| Released | 5 December 2015 | |||
| Length | 46:51[1] | |||
| Label | American Patchwork (AMPATCH017) | |||
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Background
editGlyptothek was recorded in Osaka, Japan.[1][2] Momus began making songs for the album by working with samples from his extensive collection of old Japanese folk music.[3][4] The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger.[5] His previous album Turpsycore was published in the same year.[2] Songs from Glyptothek and from other 2000s albums Bambi, Bibliotek, and Turpsycore were recollected in the Cherry Red Records anthology Pubic Intellectual.[6]
Themes
editSong topics include befriending and naming a cockroach "Gregor," famous statues coming to life and taking nude selfies, fingerless chefs, and his penis.[7]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Frontiers |   [7] |
Yahoo! Music's Dave DiMartino ranked Glyptothek sixth on his list "Best Albums of 2015."[8] Now Then's Zachary Freeman described the album as "combined samples of Japanese shamisen 45 records with disparate synthesisers and abrasive guitars."[9] Zitty's Thorsten Glotzmann commented on the album's composition stating "flutes, lute and drumming samples [...] clearly sound like Japan."[2]
Frontiers's Dominik Rothbard reviewed the album favorably with "Glyptothek is at once hilarious, heartbreaking and a bit scary, but sadly, it's not likely to drag him out of obscurity."[7] Bashooka's Henri Wijaya put it on the list "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs."[10]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Art Creep" | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Masks of Bebko" | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Moral Mountain" | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Chef Biff" | 2:41 |
| 5. | "The Kappa" | 2:26 |
| 6. | "The Etruscan Shepherd" | 3:13 |
| 7. | "AFK" | 3:06 |
| 8. | "Gregor Samsa" | 2:40 |
| 9. | "Hinkfuss at the Glyptothek" | 3:06 |
| 10. | "The Labourer" | 2:22 |
| 11. | "The Manticore" | 2:35 |
| 12. | "Electric Dionysus" | 3:06 |
| 13. | "Candaulism" | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Nikki Danjo" | 2:37 |
| 15. | "Old Nick" | 3:40 |
| 16. | "Papposilenus" | 3:46 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Glyptothek - Momus". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Glotzmann, Thorsten (4 April 2015). "Momus, the eternal mocker". Zitty (in German). GCM Go City Media GmbH. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ Matt (23 March 2016). "What's on in the Northern Quarter ~ Easter Sunday, 27th March 2016". nqmanchester.com. Northern Quarter, Manchester. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ Musicworks staff (21 January 2016). "MW Questionnaire: NICK CURRIE". Musicworks. Musicworks Society of Ontario. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Verleger, Hagen (18 November 2015). "Momus: Glyptothek on Behance". Behance. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Cherry Red Records staff. "Pubic Intellectual: An Anthology 1986-2016 – Cherry Red Records". Cherry Red Records. cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Rothbard, Dominik (9 December 2015). "Music". Frontiers. Los Angeles, CA: New Frontiers Media Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Yahoo! Music staff (18 December 2016). "Best Albums of 2015: Yahoo Music Staff Picks". Yahoo! Music. Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Freeman, Zachary (September 2016). "Albums". Now Then. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Wajiya, Henri (12 June 2016). "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs". bashooka.com. Bashooka. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
External links
edit- Official website
- Momus: Glyptothek playlist on YouTube