Ugly Cherries
Untitled | |
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
Review scores | |
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Pitchfork | 7.5/10[2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Ugly Cherries is the debut full-length album by New York City queer punk duo PWR BTTM. According to the album's record label, Father/Daughter Records, the album is about "...the duo's experiences with queerness, gender, and adulthood over the course of a year of living in upstate New York."[4] The album's title comes from Ben Hopkins' distaste for maraschino cherries and it's personification for Hopkins' queerness, claiming "it sort of fell in line with my self loathing on the subject."[5]
Background
PWR BTTM signed with Father/Daughter Records after co-founder Jessi Frick retweeted the music video for PWR BTTM's song "Carbs". Ben Hopkins then messaged Frick over Twitter, which eventually led to a record deal.[5]
Recording and production
Ugly Cherries was recorded in Hudson, New York.[6]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Short-Lived Nightmare" | 1:06 |
2. | "Dairy Queen" | 2:31 |
3. | "I Wanna Boi" | 2:03 |
4. | "Ugly Cherries" | 2:20 |
5. | "Serving Goffman" | 2:03 |
6. | "Nu 1" | 2:45 |
7. | "West Texas" | 2:27 |
8. | "1994" | 2:55 |
9. | "C U Around" | 2:26 |
10. | "All the Boys" | 2:26 |
11. | "House in Virginia" | 4:51 |
Total length: | 27:46 |
Personnel
Adapted from Bandcamp.[7]
- Liv Bruce – drums, vocals, guitar
- Ben Hopkins – guitar, vocals, drums
- Christopher Daly – engineer, producer
- Jamal Ruhe – mastering
References
- ^ "Ugly Cherries by Pwr Bttm". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Rachel, T. Cole. "PWR BTTM: Ugly Cherries". Pitchfork. Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Exposito, Suzy. "PWR BTTM: Ugly Cherries". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries". Father/Daughter Records. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ a b Coughlan, Jamie (2015-08-19). "PWR BTTM Interview: "As queer people you can't be the protagonist"". Overblown. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ Lindsay, Benjamin (2015-09-18). "On Top With PWR BTTM". Out. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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(help) - ^ "Ugly Cherries". pwrbttm.bandcamp.com. PWR BTTM. Retrieved 17 August 2016.