Gorilla Preacher Cartel
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| Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López | ||||
| Released | March 24, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2012 at various studios | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 39:49 | |||
| Label | Ipecac Recordings | |||
| Producer | Omar Rodríguez-López | |||
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Gorilla Preacher Cartel is the forty-fourth album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on March 24, 2017. It is the nineteenth release in the album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, the seventh of the 2017 series.[1]
Original release schedule listed a different title, Scrapyard Handshakes. It's unknown whether this title was meant for this album, or a different release altogether. The record serves as a sort of compilation gathering vastly different types of recordings and songs/"scraps" from various times throughout the 2000s in the vein of 2016's Some Need It Lonely, although this record has a much greater emphasis on instrumental tracks, even featuring lengthy guitar solos on most songs.
"Buying Friendships" was uploaded in advance as the album's single. It features recorded tracks from two former Mars Volta drummers, Jon Theodore & Deantoni Parks, fused together as an entirely new song with Omar adding a vocal track. Parts of the 2008 records Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus & Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead are revisited here from their 2001 sessions prior to the formation of The Mars Volta featured on the first track.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Spanish Castles" | 3:34 |
| 2. | "No Little Man" | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Buying Friendships" | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Te Adoro" | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Lección en Ignoracia" | 6:00 |
| 6. | "Solo Dios Lo Permite" | 1:19 |
| 7. | "Warship Super Flask" | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Civil War Chocolates" | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Loveless" | 2:37 |
| 10. | "Interceptions" | 4:55 |
| 11. | "Of Pride" | 2:10 |
Notes
- Track 1: an alternate version of "Devouring a Sibling" from Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead, also includes some elements from "Mood Swings" off Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus.
- Track 3: uses lyrics from "Yeah About That, About That" (off Roman Lips); samples Jon Theodore's drum parts from The Mars Volta's song "Eriatarka" and Deantoni Parks's drums parts from Omar's song "Vasco Da Gama" (from Solar Gambling).
- Track 5: uses lyrics from "Bitter Tears" and music from "Souless Doubts" both off Roman Lips
- Track 6: a longer edit of "Metallic Sweating for the Rich" from Weekly Mansions, originally appeared as outro of "Piedras y Ansiedad" on Tychozorente.
- Tracks 9-11: an alternate, extended version of "Upon Golden Ice" from Roman Lips, including a middle part ("Interceptions") which was originally included as a jam in The Mars Volta and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group live sets in 2010-2012, played in a different key. The live representation included Cedric Bixler-Zavala singing lyrics from Marianne Faithfull's song "Broken English" over the consistent bassline of Juan Alderete with both Omar & Deantoni treating it largely as an improvisational piece.
Personnel
Musicians
- Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, synthesizers, sequences, drum loops, programming, piano, bass, vocals
- Jon Theodore – drums (3)
- Deantoni Parks – drums (3)
- Thomas Pridgen – drums (5)
- Marcel Rodríguez-López – Mellotron (6)
Production
- Jon Debaun – engineering, mixing
- Chris Common – mastering
- Matthew Douglas Gierisch – cover art
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | March 24, 2017 | Ipecac Recordings | Digital download[2] |