Payola (album)
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| Studio album by Desaparecidos | ||||
| Released | June 23, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, power pop, emo, post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 40:27 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Mike Mogis and Desaparecidos | |||
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Payola is the second studio album by the American rock band Desaparecidos, released on June 23, 2015, through Epitaph Records.[1]
Background and recording
While Read Music/Speak Spanish, the band's first album, focused on themes relating to socioeconomics, marriage, and the American workforce, Payola consciously tackles a wider range of political issues. Payola is a cohesive body of raw, loud, and angry songs about endemic injustice, racial profiling, the mistreatment of immigrants, corporate greed, and domestic spying.[2]
The band reunited in 2010 to play a Concert For Equality in its hometown of Omaha—an event organized by lead singer Conor Oberst to promote the repeal of then-recently enacted measures to prohibit businesses and landlords from hiring or renting to undocumented immigrants in Fremont, Nebraska. In 2012, the band worked with Mike Mogis to record some singles, and in the subsequent years recorded all the material for Payola.
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B[5] |
| Consequence of Sound | B+[6] |
| Absolute Punk | 8.5/10[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.6/10[9] |
| Pop Matters |   [10] |
| Paste | 8.8/10[11] |
| Mojo | [12] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Left is Right" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "The Underground Man" | 2:24 |
| 3. | "City on the Hill" | 3:09 |
| 4. | "Golden Parachutes" | 2:03 |
| 5. | "Radicalized" | 2:49 |
| 6. | "MariKKKopa" | 2:46 |
| 7. | "Te Amo Camila Vallejo" | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Ralphy's Cut" | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Backsell" | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Slacktivist" | 2:54 |
| 11. | "Search the Searches" | 2:31 |
| 12. | "10 Steps Behind" | 2:58 |
| 13. | "Von Maur Massacre" | 2:26 |
| 14. | "Anonymous" | 3:44 |
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Total length:
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40:27 | |
Personnel
- Conor Oberst: vocals, guitar
- Denver Dalley: guitar
- Ian McElroy: keyboards
- Landon Hedges: bass, vocals
- Matt Baum: drums
Cameos on the album include Tim Kasher of Cursive (on "City on the Hill"), Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! (on "Golden Parachutes"), and the So So Glos (on "Slacktivist"). Tracks including "MariKKKopa", "Backsell", "Anonymous", "The Left Is Right", "Te Amo Camila Vallejo", and "The Underground Man" were previously released as singles.[13]
References
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- ↑ McCown, Alex. FDesaparecidos return 13 years later with intensity fully intact. The A.V. Club. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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- ↑ Bakare, Lanre. Desaparecidos: Payola review – middling return for Conor Oberst's punk project. The Guardian. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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- ↑ McCarthy, Sean. Desaparecidos: Payola. Popmatters. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Kane, Tyler R.. Desaparecidos: Payola Review. Paste. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Monger, James Christopher. Desaparecidos- Payola. Spin. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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