Made Flesh

Made Flesh
Studio album by Extra Life
Released March 30, 2010
Recorded 2009-2010
Genre Math Rock
Experimental
Length 43:28
Label Lo Recordings
Extra Life chronology
Secular Works
(2008)		 Made Flesh
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Drowned in Sound (8/10)[1]
Dusted Magazine (favorable)[2]
Sputnikmusic [3]
Washington City Paper (favorable)[4]

Made Flesh is the second album by Extra Life. According to Rock-A-Rolla magazine, the album is "darker, harder and bleaker" than its predecessor Secular Works [5]. Writing in The Quietus, Noel Gardner said "I heard over a thousand other albums in 2010, and none of them made as lasting an impression as this one, or sounded so little like anything else currently being made and described as 'rock music'...the best album of [2010]."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Voluptuous Life" – 2:07
  2. "The Ladder" – 6:27
  3. "Made Flesh " – 4:57
  4. "One Of Your Whores " – 5:03
  5. "Easter" – 6:13
  6. "Black Hoodie " – 3:24
  7. "Head Shrinker" – 4:07
  8. "The Body Is True" – 11:15

A music video has been made for "Head Shrinker".

Personnel

Charlie Looker: Guitar, Vocals
Travis Laplante: keyboards, tenor sax, EWI
Anthony Gedrich: bass, contrabass
Nick Podgurski: drums, percussion

Guest musicians:
Ian Antonio: glockenspiel, vibraphone, crotales, woodblock
Larkin Grimm: backing vocals on "One of Your Whores" and "Head Shrinker".

All music and lyrics by Charlie Looker.

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Noel. "Extra Life: Made Flesh". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15266/reviews/4139607. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
  2. ^ Beckerman, Andrew. "Dusted Reviews: Extra Life - Made Flesh". Dusted Magazine. http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5609. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
  3. ^ Dillon, Jared W. (29 March 2010). "Extra Life - Made Flesh (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/35808/Extra-Life-Made-Flesh/. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
  4. ^ Galil, Leor (25 March 2010). "Reviewed: Extra Life’s Made Flesh". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/03/25/reviewed-extra-lifes-made-flesh/. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
  5. ^ Rock-A-Rolla review, Page 41, Issue 25
  6. ^ Gardner, Noel (19 May 2011). "No Popularity Contest: Extra Life's Charlie Looker Interviewed". The Quietus. http://thequietus.com/articles/06281-charlie-looker-interview-extra-life. Retrieved 21 November 2011.