The Planet (album)

The Planet
A nude Leanne Macomber stands with the bottom-half of her body in water.
Studio album (mini-album) by Young Ejecta
Released January 27, 2015
Recorded 2014
Genre Synthpop
Label Driftless Recordings
Producer Joel Ford
Young Ejecta chronology

Dominae
(2013)		 The Planet
(2015)
Singles from The Planet
  1. "Welcome to Love"
    Released: November 4, 2014[1]
  2. "Your Planet"
    Released: November 24, 2014[2]
  3. "Into Your Heart"
    Released: January 6, 2015[3]

The Planet is the upcoming first mini-album by American synthpop duo Young Ejecta (Leanne Macomber and Joel Ford). The second overall studio album by the group and the first to be released under Young Ejecta, which had been changed from simply Ejecta due to a conflict with another DJ named Ejeca, the six-track record will contain influences of minimalist electronic music, euro disco and 1970s pop music.[4] On October 8, 2014, the band announced they had finished producing the album.[5] Three singles spawned from the record: "Welcome to Love", "Your Planet" and "Into Your Heart".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 77/100[6]
Review scores
Source Rating
The 405 7.5/10[7]
Allmusic [8]
Earbuddy 7.5/10[9]
Exclaim! 8/10[10]
Paste 7.2/10[11]
Pitchfork Media 6.5/10[12]
Popmatters [13]
Under the Radar [14]

Reviews of The Planet' were favorable. Andrew Darley of The 405 said that Young Ejecta achieved in proving they had an "ability in producing emotionally intelligent pop music with a knowing sense of enchanting melodies".[7] Exclaim! Scott Simpson scored the album an eight of ten, writing that it "works more than well enough as its own insular world, and is hopefully but a taste of more to come (Driftless)".[10] SLUG Magazine writer Allison Shephard called The Planet "good for those who aren’t ready for the full-on interstellar adventure and experienced explorers alike",[15] while Fast Forward Weekly critic Brock Thiessen described it as "hardly a big, bold addition to the world of electro-pop, but it is a pleasant one, further cementing Young Ejecta as a unique project worth both your time and attention."[16]

Track listing

  1. Into Your Heart
  2. Welcome to Love
  3. All Day
  4. Recluse
  5. Your Planet
  6. What You Done

References

  1. ↑ Chris (November 4, 2014). "premiere: Young Ejecta – Welcome to Love". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Ugwu, Reggie (November 25, 2014). "Premiere: Let Young Ejecta’s “Your Planet” Beam You To Your Happy Place". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Young Ejecta "Into Your Heart"". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (October 16, 2014). "Ejecta Become Young Ejecta, Announce 'The Planet' Mini Album". Exclaim!. Ian Danzig. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "our new mini-album is mastered and ready to go :)". Young Ejecta. October 8, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Planet – Young Ejecta". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Darley, Andrew (January 20, 2015). "Young Ejecta – The Planet [EP]". The 405. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ Phares, Heather. "The Planet – Young Ejecta". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Daniel, Alex (January 27, 2015). "Young Ejecta – The Planet Review". Earbuddy. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Simpson, Scott (January 23, 2015). "Young Ejecta The Planet". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  11. ↑ Spinelli, Adrian (January 27, 2015). "Young Ejecta: Your Planet EP Review". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Geffen, Sasha (January 23, 2015). "Young Ejecta: The Planet EP". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ Fitzgerald, Colin (February 2, 2015). "Young Ejecta: The Planet EP". Popmatters. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ Bullock, Paul (January 27, 2015). "Young Ejecta: The Planet (Driftless) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ Shephard, Allison (January 1, 2015). "Review: Young Ejecta – The Planet". SLUG Magazine. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  16. ↑ Thiessen, Brock (January 29, 2015). "Young Ejecta – The Planet". Fast Forward Weekly. Great West Newspapers. Retrieved January 29, 2015.