About a Girl (album)
| About a Girl | ||||
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| Studio album by Winter Gloves | ||||
| Released | 24 March 2009 | |||
| Recorded | January 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, synthpop | |||
| Length | 29:22 | |||
| Label | Paper Bag Records | |||
| Producer | Winter Gloves, Jon Drew | |||
| Winter Gloves chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! | (no rating)[1] |
| The Gateway | positive[2] |
About a Girl is a LP album by the Canadian indie pop band Winter Gloves. It was released on 24 March 2009 under the Paper Bag Records label.
The album was primarily recorded in lo-fi by Charles F., using only one microphone and a combination of amped and unplugged instruments. Errant noises were intentionally mixed into songs to achieve "a pleasant dirty sound".[3] Most of the songs fit in the second wave synthpop genre popularized in the early 2000s,[2] although reviews correlate the song structures and instrumentation to the later revival of dance-punk and electronic dance music in general.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Charles F..
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Factories" | 2:39 |
| 2. | "Let Me Drive" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Invisible" | 3:00 |
| 4. | "I Can't Tell You" | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Glass Paperweight" | 2:39 |
| 6. | "Hillside" | 3:00 |
| 7. | "About a Girl" | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Party People" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "The Way to Celebrate" | 1:57 |
| 10. | "Piano 4 Hands" | 3:38 |
Total length: |
29:22 | |
Personnel
- Charles F. – vocals, Wurlitzer, pipe organ
- Vincent Chalifour – synth bass, keyboards
- Pat Sayers – drums
- Louis Fernandez – guitar
- Jon Drew – producer, mixing engineer
- Peter van Llyfanck – mastering engineer
- James Mejia – album artist
References
- ↑ Langlois, Jill (October 2008). "Winter Gloves: About a Girl". Exclaim.ca. Exclaim! Media Inc. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- 1 2 Stead, Sarah (2008-10-30). "Album Review: Winter Gloves — About a Girl". The Gateway. Gateway Student Journalism Society. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ↑ Langlois, Jill (October 2008). "Conversations: Winter Gloves". Exclaim.ca. Exclaim! Media Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
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