Bounty (album)
Bounty | ||||
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Studio album by iamamiwhoami | ||||
Released | 3 June 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2010–11 | |||
Genre | Synthpop, ambient, experimental, dream pop, trip hop, downtempo | |||
Length | 43:22 | |||
Label | To whom it may concern., Cooperative Music | |||
Director | Robin Kempe-Bergman | |||
Producer | Claes Björklund, Jonna Lee | |||
iamamiwhoami chronology | ||||
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Bounty (stylized as bounty) is the first audiovisual album produced by the electronic music project iamamiwhoami, pseudonym of Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. Originally produced and released as a series of singles throughout 2010 and 2011, it was later released as an album on 3 June 2013 on iamamiwhoami's label To whom it may concern, distributed by Cooperative Music, a group of independent labels. The first music video of bounty titled "b" was released on 14 March 2010 on iamamiwhoami's YouTube channel. After which followed "o", "u-1", "u-2", "n", "t" and "y". Digital singles are released shortly after each music video is uploaded to YouTube. The titles collectively formed the word "bounty". While it was assumed that these songs solely consisted of bounty's track list, in 2011 two more singles and music videos, "; john" and "clump" were released and were not confirmed as belonging to Bounty until June 2012 when iamamiwhoami's YouTube channel grouped them into a playlist named bounty along with the previous tracks mentioned.
On 4 December 2012, iamamiwhoami's label website To whom it may concern. was updated with a note on the front page which stated "20130603 – iamamiwhoami; bounty", forecasting a physical release of the bounty series. This was confirmed on the very next day when the Release section of the website displayed Bounty's album cover art, along with its track list.
Critical reception
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Consequence of Sound | [3] |
Drowned in Sound | 7/10[4] |
musicOMH | [5] |
This Is Fake DIY | 6/10[6] |
Sasha Geffen from Consequence of Sound,[3] Jon Clark from Drowned in Sound,[7] AllMusic,[2] musicOMH[5] and This Is Fake DIY[6] reviewed the album generally positive.
Tour
As with kin, the group embarked upon a worldwide tour for the album, including their first North American performances.
Date | City | Country | Event | |
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Europe | ||||
19 May 2013 | Barcelona | Spain | Razzmatazz | |
30 May 2013 | London | England | Electric Brixton | |
1 June 2013 | Dublin | Ireland | Forbidden Fruit Festival | |
30 June 2013 | Moscow | Russia | Park Live Festival | |
12 July 2013 | Trenčín | Slovakia | Pohoda | |
19 July 2013 | Gräfenhainichen | Germany | Melt! Festival | |
21 July 2013 | Southwold | England | Latitude Festival | |
18 August 2012 | Gdańsk | Poland | Soundrive Festival | |
22 September 2012 | Oakdale | United States | Symbiosis Gathering | |
24 September 2013 | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Masonic Temple | ||
Track listing
Including digital, CD+DVD and LP+DVD formats.
All tracks written by Jonna Lee and Claes Björklund.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "b" | 3:29 |
2. | "o" | 6:37 |
3. | "u-1" | 2:39 |
4. | "u-2" | 3:41 |
5. | "n" | 4:35 |
6. | "t" | 4:39 |
7. | "y" | 6:37 |
8. | "; john" | 6:39 |
9. | "clump" | 4:27 |
References
- ↑ "bounty Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- 1 2 Phares, Heather. "bounty - Iamamiwhoami". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- 1 2 Geffen, Sasha. "Album Review: iamamiwhoami – bounty". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ Clark, Jon (2013-06-12). "bouty Review". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- 1 2 Payne, Aaron. "iamamiwhoami – bounty". musicOMH. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- 1 2 Watts, Tom. "iamamiwhoami - bounty". This Is Fake DIY. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ Clark, Jon. "iamamiwhoami - bounty". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
External links
- To whom it may concern. / iamamiwhoami website
- iamamiwhoami; bounty on To whom it may concern.
- next of kin shop releases
- iamamiwhoami; bounty playlist on YouTube