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Creature Comforts (album)

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Creature Comforts
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 2004
Recorded2001 & 2003
Genre
Length43:46
LabelDFA
Black Dice chronology
Beaches & Canyons
(2002)
Creature Comforts
(2004)
Broken Ear Record
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10)[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes[6]

Creature Comforts is the second album by American experimental noise band Black Dice. It was released in June 2004 by DFA Records (USA) and Fat Cat Records (UK).[7][8]

The album, according to Kory Grow of CMJ New Music Monthly, is "Black Dice's musique concrète take on animal noises, including replicated elephant sounds, duck calls and even sparrow chirps".[1]

Background

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The album was preceded by the Miles of Smiles EP in March of the same year.[9][10] Most tracks were recorded at the Water Music, Rare Book Room and DFA's Plantain studios in New York City. "Live Loop" is a live-recording from the 2001 Summer Tour 2001.[7] Both James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy assisted with the recording while Steve Revitte mixed the album.[7] Creature Comforts is Black Dice's last album to feature longtime drummer Hisham Bharoocha.[11] The song "Skeleton" was described as the centerpiece of the album.[4]

Critical reception

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Dominique Leone of Pitchfork declared that the band had "delivered one of this year's most interesting records and proved that you don't have to be noisy to make beautiful noise".[4] Tiny Mix Tapes found the songs "well thought out and pleasant to listen to".[6] In contrast, The Village Voice called the album "directionless [and] confused about what precisely their aesthetic is".[12] Dusted Magazine noticed the variety of ideas but saw it as a positive, describing the album as a "very textural work, one that shifts in and out of its various ideas with the freedom of musique concrete".[13]

Track listing

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  1. "Cloud Pleaser" – 1:43
  2. "Treetops" – 6:23
  3. "Island" – 1:13
  4. "Creature" – 8:54
  5. "Live Loop" – 1:28
  6. "Skeleton" – 15:25
  7. "Schwip Schwap" – 2:01
  8. "Night Flight" – 6:35

Personnel

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Bjorn Copeland -guitars

Eric Copeland - vocals

Aaron Warren - bass

Hisham Bharoocha - drums

James Murphy - engineer

Tim Goldsworthy - engineer

Steve Revitte - engineer/mixer

References

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  1. ^ a b Grow, Kory (2003). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly (123–124): 44. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Creature Comforts by Black Dice - Metacritic". Metacritic.
  3. ^ Creature Comforts at AllMusic
  4. ^ a b c Leone, Dominique (June 20, 2004). "Black Dice: Creature Comforts". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  5. ^ "Black Dice - Create Comforts". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b Leveer, (editor) (2004). "Music Review: Black Dice - Creature Comforts". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2016-04-06. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ a b c "Black Dice - Creature Comforts". Discogs. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  8. ^ "Black Dice - Creature Comforts (UK)". Discogs. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  9. ^ "Black Dice - Miles Of Smiles". Discogs. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  10. ^ "Black Dice - Three Imaginary Girls". Three Imaginary Girls. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  11. ^ "Creature Comforts LP/CD". Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  12. ^ Ellison, Tim (June 28, 2004). "The Village Voice: Music: Space Between Their Ears". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2004-07-03.
  13. ^ "Dusted Reviews: Black Dice - Creature Comforts". www.dustedmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.