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==Recording and release details==

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| [[Europe]]
| 11 August 2008
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== Chart positions ==
== Chart positions ==

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Fantasy Black Channel is the debut studio album by British band Late of the Pier. It was released on 11 August 2008 in the United Kingdom on Parlophone Records. Five tracks had already been released as singles prior to this: "Bathroom Gurgle", "The Bears Are Coming", "Space and the Woods" and "Focker" as a double A-side, and "Heartbeat" only the preceding week. The album was recorded in frontman Sam Eastgate's bedroom in Castle Donington, England and at numerous locations in London. On 19 January 2009, it was released in the United States through Astralwerks.

The record is noted for a long and fractured creative process that lasted for more than two years from its initial conception. It was eventually produced by Eastgate and DJ Erol Alkan between 2007 and 2008, peaking at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart upon release. It also achieved a peak of number 91 on the European Top 100 Albums as well as entering the Belgian Albums Chart at number 68. Fantasy Black Channel does not have a single unifying musical or lyrical theme but, rather, it is a collage of all the ideas, genres, sounds, and studio effects that fascinated Late of the Pier and producer Alkan, especially during live recording sessions.

The album was very well received by critics, with praise often centred around its eclecticism and stylistic choices. One reviewer commented that "Late Of The Pier are a hyperactive British answer to MGMT",[2] while another asserted that "Late Of The Pier have proven, with Fantasy Black Channel, that they're a band with ability well beyond the simple sum of influential parts".[3] The Guardian claimed that the album is "the most thrilling British debut of the year for its spirit of invention, its surfeit of ideas and its ear for a good tune".[4]

Origins and conception

Early ideas and record deal (2005−2007)

Having officially formed a band under the name 'Late of the Pier' in 2004,[5] childhood friends[6] Sam Eastgate, Andrew Faley, Sam Potter, and Ross Dawson started conceiving the sound of their first LP by initially listening to The Prodigy and Nirvana.[7] Then, as Faley asserts, they branched out into listening from the last 40 years of music, including Motown and soul music.[7][8] Eastgate claims that, eventually, they wanted to "take people past their own limits", while Potter views their initial conception of Fantasy Black Channel as a reaction to "mediocre, complacent indie-schmindie bands who find a sound and stick to it; whose songs sound exactly the same".[9] Eastgate also notes that there would be a lot of unconventional time signatures and strange chords during the nascent recording stages in his bedroom.[6] He points out, "When you don't really know how to play an instrument, in some ways, you end up being more creative or at least experimental."[6]

Consequently, under the album working title 'Interesting Adventure',[10] Late of the Pier embarked on a series of local gigs around the Nottingham area and previewed their new material at the Liars Club.[6] It was there that record labels "courted" them, with the band ultimately signing to Parlophone Records instead of Atlantic Records due to Parlophone giving them free rein over the recording process for 'Interesting Adventure' without putting pressure upon them to be commercially successful immediately.[6] This was followed by the recording of an EP titled Zarcorp Demo and the release of a demo single from it, "Space and the Woods", in March 2007.[11] Discussing the formative stages of Fantasy Black Channel, Eastgate claims that they were influenced by 1980s music even though no band member had been born before 1986, but "if the music of that era had managed to actually spark a revolution, the end result might have sounded a lot like us".[12]

Alkan's influence and production (2007−2008)

Later in 2007, Late of the Pier formally met renowned DJ Erol Alkan after seeing him play a set at the Liars Club.[6] Alkan called them "THE most exciting band around"[13] and, according to the BBC, he would eventually "channel their sonic attack into something more focused yet still undeniably different".[9] He proposed to the band that he help them continue recording the tracks for Fantasy Black Channel, and they agreed, with Eastgate noting that "as soon as you start talking to him you're completely on the same level".[6] He goes on to say that the reason Alkan was chosen as the producer for the album was because he "embraced the fact we had so many different ideas and understood straight away what we were doing... and it worked brilliantly".[6]

Sam [Eastgate] will have an idea or a burst of inspiration and he'll go on his computer and make a computerised machine track. Then from there we learn what he's put down in a human way... After that process you get a recording of it like a demo, then from that we'll gig the track and it changes again. Our music goes through lots of filters: it's a really strange process and I don't think many bands do it.[8]

Sam Potter, on Late of the Pier's method of creating the songs for Fantasy Black Channel.

Dawson explains the band's choice further by suggesting that Alkan is renowned for playing broad genres of music and that he understands the properties that dance and guitar music share, a crossover not many people see.[14] "Bathroom Gurgle" was immediately recorded by the new collaboration, being released as a single in September 2007.[15] The production process for Fantasy Black Channel then gathered pace beginning from December 2007.[16] Late of the Pier usually proceeded by taking bedroom recordings into the studio where they refined and tweaked them with Alkan so as to turn them "into a more presentable package".[13] When tracks were mixed after being recorded, the band, producer Alkan, and engineer Jimmy Robertson[1] would work in tandem and decide unanimously when a track would be finished undergoing the studio effects.[16] After this point, no songs could change even if any of the parties had further ideas.[16]

Finalising the project (2008)

The record was all but finished by February 2008, with Faley claiming that "the album fell into place itself, like the songs basically told us where they wanted to go on the album".[16] Subsequently, Late of the Pier took a break from the recording studio in order to embark on a headlining UK tour where they previewed some of the new material, including "The Bears Are Coming" which was released as a single in March 2008.[17] They continued touring up until the end of April 2008 to promote another single from the then still unreleased Fantasy Black Channel, this time a double A-side including a reworked "Space And The Woods" and "Focker".[18] In May 2008, the band returned to studio work with Alkan in order to put the finishing touches on the album, eventually christening it as "a compilation of hits" and "anti-pop pop".[16]

The whole recording process took six months altogether in different studios and the band admit that is one of the reasons why the album sounds disjointed, but in the end they consider it "a journey" and "a story" rather than simply a piece of music.[16] What's more, the album was recorded live in studio sessions where the band tried "lots of different Joe Meek style techniques... like stamping in baths [and] reamping guitars through air vents".[8] Faley notes that there are so many ideas on the album that it is "impossible to tie them together with one string".[16] The band even thought of having one 45-minute track instead of the 12 songs that would ultimately form the album, but in the end decided against it.[16]

On 11 June 2008, Late of the Pier finally confirmed Fantasy Black Channel's track listing and release date.[19] The cover art is from a friend of the band from Brighton, Jon Bergman,[1] who they asked to do some art and, in turn, he sent them "pictures of cats and other weird things".[10] The band designed the rest of the album art themselves with the help of the design consultants at Traffic.[1] A final EP containing material already released in 2007 and 2008, Echoclistel Lambietroy, was released in July 2008 as part of the marketing campaign for the forthcoming album.[20] Potter concludes, "I think in the three years to build up to the album, we never actually thought of a track list, and we never really kind of considered the fact that it should sound like an album. I think we recorded all the songs and then they were there and it was like, 'Oh, we have to kind of stitch this together and make it sound like one piece'."[16]

Composition and lyrics

Late of the Pier explain that they do not remember how they came to name the tracks on Fantasy Black Channel.[6] The record begins with "Hot Tent Blues", a short instrumental track which, according to one reviewer, includes "an absurdly grandiose glam guitar fanfare".[21] NME also noticed the "ludicrously bombastic" guitar riffs in the song and compared it to the finale to a Richard Gere romantic movie.[22] Comparisons to Muse's guitar style were made by Gigwise, with the publication additionally noting that the track is a perfect introduction to the rest of the album.[23] One critic claimed that, in contrast, the following song, "Broken", has a "refreshing sound" and "enjoyable slow-moving vocals".[24] Billboard compared it to early 2000s Supergrass,[25] while PopMatters pointed out the "youthfully nonchalant vocals, a combo re-employed toward the album’s end in "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"".[26]

The third track on the album, "Space and the Woods", was said to pitch "Interpol-like vocals of purest nonchalance against a synthy backdrop that's totally Tubeway Army".[3] This comparison was confirmed by URB when it suggested that the song sounds like a recreation of Gary Numan's "Cars".[24] One reviewer pointed out the "short-circuited ideas and desires" as typified by the lyric 'This world is no place for a mind... or a thought',[27] while another asserted that the lyrics have a "sullen narcissism" especially when Eastgate sings the line 'Suicide is in my blood'.[28] In contrast, "The Bears Are Coming" is more introverted and abstract in its lyrical content, with Eastgate indicating: "It's more of a warning really, it's like a silent threat."[10] Pitchfork Media called it a "relatively conventional dancefloor fave".[29] Meanwhile, Prefix suggested that "with its clankety-clanking on unconventional objects, [it] sounds deliciously like what the Teddy Bears' Picnic might sound like fuelled by Red Bull and psychedelics".[30]

According to Gigwise, "Random Firl" continues this psychedelic theme.[23] One critic claimed that the song "hooks you immediately with its epic guitar riff, then... with its children's musicbox-like chimes".[30] Meanwhile, Billboard focused on final single "Heartbeat" and explained that it mixes disco music with math rock time signatures.[25] Drowned in Sound noticed that it borrows the bassline intro from "Dead Souls" and uses it to create an indie-disco classic.[3] Another reviewer concluded: "You might have to go back to Roxy Music for such successful distortions of the pop form as the manic single "Heartbeat"."[31] 1980's influences were also noted in the composition of the next track, "White Snake", with NME claiming that it evoked the era of glam metal and David Coverdale.[22] Gigwise suggested that it "burst[s] out of the speakers [at] the speed of light... an exhausting trip but an utterly exuberant one at the same time".[23] Another critic compared it to "Sparks tackling an Adam & the Ants classic".[3] Pitchfork Media claimed that even the next song, the largely instrumental "VW", is a David Bowie-inspired 1980's space opera.[29]

Late of the Pier performing songs that would later appear on Fantasy Black Channel at the 2007 Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.

The ninth track on Fantasy Black Channel, "Focker", includes "wailing riffs"[25] and a sound "like Crystal Castles doing Van Halen".[22] Prefix focused on its lyrics and asserted: "Sam Eastgate's impressive vocals vary wildly, though lyrical sentiment generally portrays an existential, vaguely gloomy mood – 'Whenever I'm there/You give me a stare/Breaking my heart in two'."[30] "The Enemy Are the Future"'s style was called "afro beat via Mars",[23] with Spin pointing out that Eastgate's vocal delivery during the song is very incoherent.[28] One reviewer asserted that it seems to be influenced by "Ziggy Stardust".[25] The track undergoes a "mid-song metamorphosis from gentle acoustic-folkish anthem into an urgent, menacing space jam (with, of course, a bunch of other stuff in-between)".[30] This is then followed by the slower, more conventional pop of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen".[23] Here, Drowned in Sound claimed that not enough consideration has been given to song sequencing by indicating that the track "feels like a c-side when placed directly before the sublime "Bathroom Gurgle"."[3]

Album closer "Bathroom Gurgle" was Late of the Pier's first single from Fantasy Black Channel, and has been described as a "most individual pop record, where an insistent, gritty bassline, glam drums and dark synths morph into huge, prog-rock operatics, bonkers tempo changes and Rocky Horror choreography. It's more Bobby Conn than Klaxons".[9] The Guardian stated that it begins as synth-pop, but after two minutes it suddenly bursts into falsetto spandex rock, subsequently shifting genre and tempo again.[4] The publication also pointed out how Eastgate keeps repeating the line 'Put your hands on your waistline and move your body to the bassline' for effect.[4] Another reviewer claimed that Eastgate alternates between "periods of bluesy Robert Plant-esque wailing and synthy glam-rock chanting" during the song.[30] Ultimately, Gigwise concluded that "Bathroom Gurgle" is "a schizophrenic, frantic blast of varying styles weaved together to make one sound".[23]

Critical reception

Media response to Fantasy Black Channel was highly favourable, as shown by aggregating website Metacritic reporting a normalised rating of 81% based on 18 critical reviews.[32] K. Ross Hoffmann of Allmusic called it "glorious and galvanizing", noting specifically how it is "a convoluted construction crammed with so many immediately gratifying moments that it takes multiple listens to extricate them all".[21] The Guardian's John Burgess gave the album 5 stars out 5, the highest it received from notable publications, and explained that "every time you play this album, you'll find a new favourite song, riff or wayward moment".[4] All of these positive comments were encapsulated by Jen Kipf of Prefix who concluded, "Listen carefully to Fantasy Black Channel, as the journey is slightly different with each listen. Every surreal note smacks with the infectious energy and vigour of youth, yet Late of the Pier's musical proficiency and mélange of influences definitely belie their tender ages (early 20s)."[30]

NME's Tim Chester had another positive review and stated, "It takes a certain kind of mind to make this. While others whinge about living and dying in cul-de-sac towns shackled by cul-de-sac imaginations, LOTP’s vision is housed on Dubai's 'The World' island-creation project."[22] Uncut labelled it as a record that is "deliberately daft, but also bold and adventurous".[2] On the other hand, Pitchfork Media's Adam Moerder only gave the album 6.7 out of 10, one of the lowest ratings it received from notable publications, and noted that "the record is peppered with aesthetically dubious nu-rave moments, making LOTP sound less like sympathetic revenging nerds and more like party-crazed dude-bros who just happen to own synths".[29] Chris Baynes of PopMatters claimed that the band "wear their influences pretty much inked onto their sleeves", but ultimately gave a high rating by concluding that their debut album is "as exciting as it is excitable".[26]

Some reviewers initially classified Fantasy Black Channel into the British 'New Rave' genre and musical scene.[3][29] Others claimed that they could hear impressions of '70s Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry and '80s musician Gary Numan in the recording.[24][27] In response, Late of the Pier have asserted, "We've never really been affiliated with New Rave ourselves, we do the same sort of stuff and we keep getting compared to Klaxons, but I feel it's more lazy journalism than anything."[7] Eastgate elaborates that musical influences are often subconscious even though the band tried not to listen to anything but their own work when recording the album.[8] The Skinny's Nick Mitchell agrees with both of these aforementioned comments when he points out that "Fantasy Black Channel is... an unrestrained, unclassifiable, unexpectedly triumphant romp through blaring influences and genres, from the 70s camp rock of Queen and Bowie to the primitive electronics of Gary Numan, with echoes of 90s computer games and snatches of modern house".[13]

The record was not a great commercial success and failed to chart in the U.S..[33] Nonetheless, it gave Late of the Pier a nomination for 'Best New Band' at the 2009 NME Awards.[34] Two tracks from the album were also nominated: "Bathroom Gurgle" and "Heartbreak" in the 'Best Dancefloor Filler' and 'Best Video' categories respectively.[34] The album itself came in at number 16 in the end-of-year HMV 'Poll of Polls' for 2008, which aggregates the votes of prominent British critics in order to decide the commercial group's 'Album of the Year'.[35] Earlier in 2008, Rory Carroll of Artrocker had claimed that the record was more than capable of winning prestigious awards by concluding, "Had the Mercury Music Prize nominations been made in August rather than July, it'd be a fair bet that Late of the Pier wouldn't just have been shoed-in late entrants: they'd probably have bagged the prize."[36]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Sam Eastgate, unless stated otherwise.[1][37]

No.TitleLength
1."Hot Tent Blues"1:15
2."Broken"4:11
3."Space and the Woods"3:44
4."The Bears Are Coming" (Sam Eastgate, Storm Mortimer)3:24
5."Random Firl" (Sam Eastgate, Andrew Faley)2:14
6."Heartbeat"3:02
7."White Snake"3:01
8."VW" (Sam Eastgate, Richard Eastgate)2:26
9."Focker"3:12
10."The Enemy Are the Future" (Sam Eastgate, Andrew Faley, Sam Potter, Ross Dawson)6:00
11."Mad Dogs and Englishmen"3:01
12."Bathroom Gurgle" (Sam Eastgate, Andrew Faley, Sam Potter, Ross Dawson)7:05

Bonus tracks

[39][40]

  • "Dose A" – 1:47 — track 13 on the iTunes version.
  • "Very Wav" – 4:44 — track 13 on the U.S. and Japanese versions.
  • "The Bears Are Coming (Emperor Machine Remix)" – 9:22 — track 14 on U.S. version and track 15 on the Japanese version.
  • "Focker (Rolmops Remix)" – 3:15 — track 14 on the Japanese version.

Vinyl

There is one vinyl version of Fantasy Black Channel which includes a standard black copy in a gatefold picture sleeve, with the following changes from the CD version:[41]

  • "Space and the Woods (Cenzo Townsend Mix)" instead of "Space and the Woods".
  • "The Bears Are Coming (Original Version)" instead of "The Bears Are Coming".
  • "Heartbeat (Cenzo Townsend Version)" instead of "Heartbeat".

It was reissued after the record's U.S. release date.[42]

Personnel

Recording and release details

Region Date Label Format(s) Catalog
Europe 11 August 2008 Parlophone Records CD, LP, Digital download STUMM250[43]
United States 19 January 2009 Astralwerks CD, Digital download

Chart positions

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