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On their full-length debut, 2017's Young, indie pop duo Overcoats fortified their distinctive, blended two-part vocal harmonies with a mix of slick surfaces and atmosphere devised with producers Autre Ne Veut and Nicolas Vernhes (Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak). Almost -- but not quite -- leaving behind any trace of their acoustic folk beginnings on the follow-up, Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell brought in producers including Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Kim Gordon) to forge a still brasher sound. He and co-producer Yves Rothman also co-wrote the album with the band. An empowerment-themed set, The Fight establishes sleek, assertive electronic textures right from the a cappella intro to opener "I'll Be There." Manipulated electronics infiltrate the singers' built-out harmony vocals with filtering and other effects. At the same time establishing a lyrical tone that's compassionate as well as determined, the opening stanzas include the lines "I've been through it all before/And I don't know if there's something more/But there's so much worth fighting for." A spare, anthemic track, it adds piano, handclaps, fluttery percussion, and warped vocal samples, among just a few other components on its way to the rousing "Fire and Fury." Like much of the album, that song's fuller arrangement reinforces two and four while assuring "We'll get through it." Elsewhere, the vibrant "Apathetic Boys" pushes the tempo with overdriven drum tones and nervy synths, and "The Fight" ("Just remember that you are not alone") deploys four on the floor strummed guitar and airy synths. With the exception of that track, the energy drops somewhat in the second half of The Fight with songs like the electric guitar ballad "Drift" and closer "New Shoes," the one acoustic entry. While strong vocal performances are pushed forward in the mix throughout the album, and Overcoats hold their own as pop adepts à la Tegan and Sara, their vocals are most affecting there, amid chirping birds, in their stripped-down, natural form.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
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Justin Raisen, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Wally Gagel, Composer - Justin Raisen, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Justin Raisen, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Kennedy, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Moog Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henry Schiff, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luca Buccellati, ComposerLyricist - Bosh Rothman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Yves Rothman, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Zelico, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stewart Bronaugh, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Loma Vista Recordings.
Scott Hoffman, Composer - Justin Raisen, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Justin Raisen, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Justin Raisen, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Kennedy, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Overcoats, MainArtist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Zelico, Drums, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Loma Vista Recordings.
Justin Raisen, Producer, Recording Engineer, Pipe, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Kennedy, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Stein, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Yves Rothman, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mellotron, Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Linnea Powell, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Zelico, Drums, Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Loma Vista Recordings.
Justin Raisen, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Greg Wells, Producer, Recording Producer - Justin Raisen, Composer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Justin Raisen, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Yves Rothman, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Overcoats, MainArtist - Justine Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - JJ Mitchell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Paul Lopez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hana Elion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samour Khouja, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
Album review
On their full-length debut, 2017's Young, indie pop duo Overcoats fortified their distinctive, blended two-part vocal harmonies with a mix of slick surfaces and atmosphere devised with producers Autre Ne Veut and Nicolas Vernhes (Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak). Almost -- but not quite -- leaving behind any trace of their acoustic folk beginnings on the follow-up, Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell brought in producers including Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Kim Gordon) to forge a still brasher sound. He and co-producer Yves Rothman also co-wrote the album with the band. An empowerment-themed set, The Fight establishes sleek, assertive electronic textures right from the a cappella intro to opener "I'll Be There." Manipulated electronics infiltrate the singers' built-out harmony vocals with filtering and other effects. At the same time establishing a lyrical tone that's compassionate as well as determined, the opening stanzas include the lines "I've been through it all before/And I don't know if there's something more/But there's so much worth fighting for." A spare, anthemic track, it adds piano, handclaps, fluttery percussion, and warped vocal samples, among just a few other components on its way to the rousing "Fire and Fury." Like much of the album, that song's fuller arrangement reinforces two and four while assuring "We'll get through it." Elsewhere, the vibrant "Apathetic Boys" pushes the tempo with overdriven drum tones and nervy synths, and "The Fight" ("Just remember that you are not alone") deploys four on the floor strummed guitar and airy synths. With the exception of that track, the energy drops somewhat in the second half of The Fight with songs like the electric guitar ballad "Drift" and closer "New Shoes," the one acoustic entry. While strong vocal performances are pushed forward in the mix throughout the album, and Overcoats hold their own as pop adepts à la Tegan and Sara, their vocals are most affecting there, amid chirping birds, in their stripped-down, natural form.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:27
- Main artists: Overcoats
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Loma Vista Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2020 Loma Vista Recordings. ℗ 2020 Loma Vista Recordings.
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