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Portugal. The Man found the opportunity to work with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton so important that they scrapped two weeks of recording -- and eight of ten new songs -- in order to start fresh. Changing studio locations from El Paso to Danger Mouse's headquarters in L.A., the collaboration results in the band's most accessible and "mainstream" recording to date. The punchy, rhythm-driven elements in Danger Mouse's production create an elastic tension when contrasted with the band's loopy, hooky, guitar-centric, psych core. He doesn't change their sound, but brightens it, adding textural layers, to make it more dynamic and punchy. Set-opener "Plastic Soldiers" reveals that John Gourley's songwriting, with its wonderfully idiosyncratic world view, remains loaded with signifiers from rock's rich past. Strummed acoustic guitar and synth offer a dreamy intro. A little more than a minute later, the snare and handclaps enter, as do an all but hidden squiggly synth, and strings; the tempo picks up and the groove contrasts sharply with the tune's lyrics. "Creep in a T-Shirt," with its treated vocals, piano, whompy electronic keyboards, and synth horns, offers the trace elements of R&B while never leaving the psych behind. "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" is fingerpopping time -- it's almost funky with a popping bassline, low-end breakbeats, almost shimmering acoustic guitars, chorus-style vocals, a chugging B-3, and piano -- while "Hip Hop Kids" (one of the two songs they kept and re-recorded) isn't, its use of the genre's tight, skittering rhythm, which drives a sprawling meld of distorted electric guitars and washed-out keyboards, is an example of the expansive elements that Danger Mouse brings to the rockist bent in P.TM's aesthetic. The album's hinge track, "Atomic Man," shows the other side: a driving rocker with a near chanted backing chorus and fuzzed-out guitars is brightened considerably with a meaty rim shot snare. Though album-closer "Smile" may be the set's least commercial track, it may also be the finest moment on the entire record. In just under five minutes it combines languid balladry, Baroque pop, a rhythm collision, screaming guitars, and strings. Evil Friends offers ample evidence that the match between Portugal. The Man and Burton expanded the horizons of both parties and will likely heighten the band's profile considerably.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Brian Burton, Percussion, Writer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Backing Vocals - Laura Sisk, AdditionalEngineer - Kyle O'Quin, String Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Backing Vocals, Horns Arranger, Synthesizer - Noah Gersh, Backing Vocals - Mark Einhorn, String Arranger, Horns Arranger
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Percussion, Piano, Writer, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Bass Guitar - Kyle O'Quin, Piano, Synthesizer, Bass Synthesizer - Mark Einhorn, Horn - Kane Ritchotte, Drums
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Writer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals, Wurlitzer - Zachary Scott Carothers, Bass Guitar - Danielle Haim, Backing Vocals - Este Haim, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vibraphone, Wurlitzer - Noah Gersh, Drums
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Organ, Writer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Laura Sisk, AdditionalEngineer - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Kyle O'Quin, Piano, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer - Noah Gersh, Backing Vocals - Mark Einhorn, String Arranger, Horns Arranger - Kane Ritchotte, Drums, Backing Vocals
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Vibraphone, Writer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Sonny DiPerri, Drums, AdditionalEngineer, CoProducer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Backing Vocals - Noah Gersh, Backing Vocals - Manny Calderon, AdditionalEngineer
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Writer, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer Organ - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Piano, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer - Noah Gersh, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer - Kane Ritchotte, Drums
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Writer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Sonny DiPerri, AdditionalEngineer, CoProducer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Backing Vocals - Danielle Haim, Backing Vocals - Este Haim, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer - Noah Gersh, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals - Manny Calderon, AdditionalEngineer - Chris Vanacore, Drums, Backing Vocals
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Laura Sisk, AdditionalEngineer - Kyle O'Quin, String Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Piano - Noah Gersh, Drums, Electric Guitar - Mark Einhorn, String Arranger, Horns Arranger
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Percussion, Writer, Bass Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Backing Vocals - Danielle Haim, Backing Vocals - Este Haim, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Organ, Piano, Backing Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer - Noah Gersh, Backing Vocals - Mark Einhorn, Horn - Kane Ritchotte, Drums - Zachary Carothers, Writer
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Writer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Casey Bates, AdditionalEngineer - PHIL PETERSON, Strings - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer - Zachary Scott Carothers, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Glockenspiel, Piano, Backing Vocals, Bass Synthesizer - Noah Gersh, Backing Vocals - Mark Einhorn, Horn - Kane Ritchotte, Drums - Chet Peterson, Backing Vocals - Flora Peterson, Backing Vocals
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Writer, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Casey Bates, AdditionalEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer - Zachary Scott Carothers, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Danielle Haim, Backing Vocals - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Este Haim, Backing Vocals - Kyle O'Quin, Organ, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer - Mike Einhorn, Horn - Noah Gersh, Drums, Backing Vocals
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Burton, Writer, Synthesizer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Programmer - Kennie Takahashi, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Todd Monfalcone, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Harris, AssistantEngineer - Portugal. The Man, Writer, MainArtist - John Baldwin Gourley, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Zachary Scott Carothers, Bass Guitar - Laura Sisk, AdditionalEngineer - Kyle O'Quin, String Arranger, Piano, Vibraphone, Horns Arranger, Whistle, Synthesizer - Mike Einhorn, String Arranger, Horns Arranger - Noah Gersh, Drums, Acoustic Guitar - Kane Ritchotte, Drums
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Albumbeschreibung
Portugal. The Man found the opportunity to work with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton so important that they scrapped two weeks of recording -- and eight of ten new songs -- in order to start fresh. Changing studio locations from El Paso to Danger Mouse's headquarters in L.A., the collaboration results in the band's most accessible and "mainstream" recording to date. The punchy, rhythm-driven elements in Danger Mouse's production create an elastic tension when contrasted with the band's loopy, hooky, guitar-centric, psych core. He doesn't change their sound, but brightens it, adding textural layers, to make it more dynamic and punchy. Set-opener "Plastic Soldiers" reveals that John Gourley's songwriting, with its wonderfully idiosyncratic world view, remains loaded with signifiers from rock's rich past. Strummed acoustic guitar and synth offer a dreamy intro. A little more than a minute later, the snare and handclaps enter, as do an all but hidden squiggly synth, and strings; the tempo picks up and the groove contrasts sharply with the tune's lyrics. "Creep in a T-Shirt," with its treated vocals, piano, whompy electronic keyboards, and synth horns, offers the trace elements of R&B while never leaving the psych behind. "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" is fingerpopping time -- it's almost funky with a popping bassline, low-end breakbeats, almost shimmering acoustic guitars, chorus-style vocals, a chugging B-3, and piano -- while "Hip Hop Kids" (one of the two songs they kept and re-recorded) isn't, its use of the genre's tight, skittering rhythm, which drives a sprawling meld of distorted electric guitars and washed-out keyboards, is an example of the expansive elements that Danger Mouse brings to the rockist bent in P.TM's aesthetic. The album's hinge track, "Atomic Man," shows the other side: a driving rocker with a near chanted backing chorus and fuzzed-out guitars is brightened considerably with a meaty rim shot snare. Though album-closer "Smile" may be the set's least commercial track, it may also be the finest moment on the entire record. In just under five minutes it combines languid balladry, Baroque pop, a rhythm collision, screaming guitars, and strings. Evil Friends offers ample evidence that the match between Portugal. The Man and Burton expanded the horizons of both parties and will likely heighten the band's profile considerably.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:32
- Main artists: Portugal. The Man
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
© 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2013 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
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