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The major-label full-length debut from California's Oliver Tree, 2020's Ugly Is Beautiful proves another showcase for the ironic bowl-cut and JNCO jean-wearing singer's bombastically hooky brand of pop. The album arrives on the heels of several buzzed-about EPs and Ugly Is Beautiful builds nicely upon those albums, juxtaposing catchy, '90s-style pop arrangements with vocals that seem at once cheeky and sincere. Mixing blown-out keyboards with distorted guitars, heavy basslines, and pounding beats, Tree has crafted a distinctively zoomer aesthetic, mixing a hot stew of influences from Nirvana and the Strokes to Eminem, Pixies, and sundry SoundCloud rap touchstones. It's a style that remains remarkably consistent even as he shifts gears, from the driving post-punk of "Me Myself & I" and the Beck-esque acoustic grunge of "Cash Machine" to the moody, synth-heavy club jam "1993." As Tree sings on "Alien Boy," "I fell down to Earth from a hundred miles away/And somehow I still make it work."
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Mike Freesh, Mixer - Getter, Producer, Programmer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Writer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - TANNER PETULLA, Writer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Writer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Whethan, Producer, Programmer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Writer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Casey Mattson, Producer, Programmer, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Writer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Whethan, Producer, Programmer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Writer - Casey Mattson, Producer, Programmer, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Writer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - David Pramik, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Dylan Wiggins, Producer, Programmer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Casey Mattson, Producer, Programmer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Dylan Wiggins, Producer, Programmer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Whethan, Producer, Programmer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Jacob Dennis, Engineer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Producer, Programmer, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Jacob Dennis, Engineer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Casey Mattson, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ricky Robinson, Writer - Little Ricky ZR3, Producer, Programmer, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - David Pramik, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Producer, Programmer, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2019 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Michael Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - David Pramik, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Whethan, Programmer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Producer, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Jacob Dennis, Engineer - Michael Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - David Pramik, Producer, Writer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Jeff Levin, A&R Direction - Asa Welch, A&R Coordination
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2019 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Trevor Brown, Engineer, Writer - Mike Freesh, Mixer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Zaire Koalo, Engineer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist - "Downtown" Trevor Brown, Producer - William Zaire Simmons, Producer, Writer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, MixingEngineer - Iain Findlay, Engineer - Michelle Mancini, MasteringEngineer - Imad Royal, Producer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Casey Mattson, Writer, Co- Producer - Jeff Levin, A&R Direction - El-Amine Imad Roy, Writer - Asa Welch, A&R Coordination
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2018 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Stint, Producer, Programmer - Ajay Bhattacharyya, Writer - Jacob Dennis, Engineer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Roget Chahayed, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Josh LaViolette, Writer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - NVDES, Producer, Programmer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist - Macgregor Leo, Engineer
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Stint, Producer, Engineer - Ajay Bhattacharyya, Writer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist - Ricky Robinson, Violin
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Marshmello, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Jacob Dennis, Engineer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - David Pramik, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Mike Freesh, MixingEngineer - Jacob Dennis, Engineer - Michelle Mancini, MasteringEngineer - Whethan, Programmer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ethan Snoreck, Producer, Writer - Jeff Levin, A&R Direction - Asa Welch, A&R Coordination
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2018 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Andrew Goldstein, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Mike Freesh, Mixer - Jacob Dennis, VocalEngineer - Michael Freesh, Mixer - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Oliver Tree, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jeff Levin, A&R Direction - Asa Welch, A&R Coordination
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2019 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Mike Freesh, Mixer - Dylan Wiggins, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Oliver Tree Nickell, Producer, Vocals - Michelle Mancini, Masterer - Matt Dyson, Engineer - Oliver Tree, Writer, MainArtist
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
The major-label full-length debut from California's Oliver Tree, 2020's Ugly Is Beautiful proves another showcase for the ironic bowl-cut and JNCO jean-wearing singer's bombastically hooky brand of pop. The album arrives on the heels of several buzzed-about EPs and Ugly Is Beautiful builds nicely upon those albums, juxtaposing catchy, '90s-style pop arrangements with vocals that seem at once cheeky and sincere. Mixing blown-out keyboards with distorted guitars, heavy basslines, and pounding beats, Tree has crafted a distinctively zoomer aesthetic, mixing a hot stew of influences from Nirvana and the Strokes to Eminem, Pixies, and sundry SoundCloud rap touchstones. It's a style that remains remarkably consistent even as he shifts gears, from the driving post-punk of "Me Myself & I" and the Beck-esque acoustic grunge of "Cash Machine" to the moody, synth-heavy club jam "1993." As Tree sings on "Alien Boy," "I fell down to Earth from a hundred miles away/And somehow I still make it work."
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:03
- Main artists: Oliver Tree
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2020 Atlantic Recording Corporation
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