| Artist |
I Don't Know How But They Found Me |
| Album Title: |
Gloom Division |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative |
| Format |
AIFF 24.96 |
| Released |
02/23/2024 |
| Label |
Concord Records |
| Catalog No |
CRE02202 |
| Bar Code No |
00888072531291 |
| Packaging |
Download |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Downside / (3:32)
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| 2.
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Gloomtown Brats / (3:13)
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| 3.
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Infatuation / (3:27)
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| 4.
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What Love? / (4:19)
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| 5.
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SPKOTHDVL / (3:18)
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| 6.
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Sixft / (3:36)
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| 7.
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Find Me / (3:21)
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| 8.
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Kiss & Tell / (3:28)
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| 9.
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A Letter / (3:13)
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| 10.
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Satanic Panic / (3:06)
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| 11.
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Sunnyside / (3:16)
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| 12.
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Idiots of Oz / (3:00)
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| Date Acquired |
03/01/2024 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Bandcamp Artist Website |
| Purchase Price |
11.84 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Credits:
Booking [International] – Claire Macleod, Josh Javor
Booking [North America] – Nick Storch
Co-producer, Art Direction, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Synth, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Tenor Vocals, Drum Programming, Arranged By – DW
Design [Package Design] – Sage LaMonica
Drums – Matt Glass (tracks: 1, 5 to 11)
Engineer – John Fridmann, Mike Fridmann
Guitar – Jason Hill (tracks: 2 to 3)
Legal – Andrew G. Tavel
Management – Ernie H. Gonzalez, Larissa Giampaoli, Rick Sales
Mastered By – Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone
Photography – MANICproject
Photography [Additional] – Linearcurvature
Producer, Recorder, Mixed By – Dave Fridmann
Project Manager – Sam Polonsky
Stylist – Farasha Style
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Analyzed Folder: I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Gloom Division_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR5 -0.20 dB -5.99 dB 01 - Downside.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.88 dB 02 - Gloomtown Brats.aiff
DR6 -0.20 dB -8.57 dB 03 - Infatuation.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.94 dB 04 - What Love.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.91 dB 05 - Spkothdvl.aiff
DR7 -0.20 dB -8.26 dB 06 - Sixft.aiff
DR6 -0.20 dB -7.81 dB 07 - Find Me.aiff
DR6 -0.20 dB -7.21 dB 08 - Kiss & Tell.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -8.43 dB 09 - A Letter.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.13 dB 10 - Satanic Panic.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.66 dB 11 - Sunnyside.aiff
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.74 dB 12 - Idiots Of Oz.aiff
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Number of Files: 12
Official DR Value: DR5
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Neil Z. Yeung:
Returning as a solo act four years after the project's 2020 debut Razzmatazz, Dallon Weekes pushes iDKHOW's sound in multiple directions on the stylish but scattered Gloom Division. Starting with the best of the bunch, the thick bass groove and synth claps on "Gloomtown Brats" twist '80s Bowie through indie-dance rock sleaze, while the riotous closer "iDIOTS OF Oz" conjures controlled chaos with another thick bassline, digital squiggles, and Weekes' glam rock posturing. Indeed, the album works best when Weekes delivers arena-ready fare like the soaring rock blast "A Letter"; the pulsing glam rocker "Satanic Panic"; and the rollicking blues rock jam "SPKOTHDVL" which struts and screams like the Black Keys. Beyond these immediate attention grabbers, much of Gloom Division's energy is bogged down by midtempo lounge-act material: the slinky "Infatuation" and the sparkling "What Love?" focus on lusty come-ons, as whispers of "sexual perversity" are exaggerated by falsetto and breathless panting. Meanwhile, the laid-back lounge funk heard on "SIXFT" (as in "six feet underground"), the robo-romance of the digital "Find Me," and the Strokes-esque "Kiss & Tell" are pleasing enough but get lost in the mix. Overall, as a sophomore statement, Gloom Division is anything but a slump. There's more stylistic diversity and genre experimentation this time around, expanding Weekes' scope and revealing a talent for a wide variety of dance-friendly rock sonics. Free from the confines of iDKHOW's high-pressure debut reveal, Gloom Division offers a bevy of exciting moments to keep listeners engaged, and it's another step toward that perfect album that Weekes surely has in him.
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