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Gloss Drop
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Album: Gloss Drop
# Song Title   Time
1)    Africastle More Info...
2)    Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) More Info...
3)    Futura More Info...
4)    Inchworm More Info...
5)    Wall Street More Info...
6)    My Machines (Featuring Gary Numan) More Info...
7)    Dominican Fade More Info...
8)    Sweetie & Shag (Featuring Kazu Makino) More Info...
9)    Toddler More Info...
10)    Rolls Bayce More Info...
11)    White Electric More Info...
12)    Sundome (Featuring Yamantaka Eye) More Info...
2)    Ice Cream More Info... 0:04
3)    Futura More Info... 0:06
4)    Inchworm More Info... 0:05
5)    Wall Street More Info... 0:05
6)    My Machines More Info... 0:04
7)    Dominican Fade More Info... 0:01
8)    Sweetie & Shag More Info... 0:04
9)    Toddler More Info... 0:01
10)    Rolls Bayce More Info... 0:02
11)    White Electric More Info... 0:06
12)    Sundome More Info... 0:07
 
Album: Gloss Drop
# Song Title   Time
1)    Africastle More Info...
2)    Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) More Info...
3)    Futura More Info...
4)    Inchworm More Info...
5)    Wall Street More Info...
6)    My Machines (Featuring Gary Numan) More Info...
7)    Dominican Fade More Info...
8)    Sweetie & Shag (Featuring Kazu Makino) More Info...
9)    Toddler More Info...
10)    Rolls Bayce More Info...
11)    White Electric More Info...
12)    Sundome (Featuring Yamantaka Eye) More Info...
2)    Ice Cream More Info... 0:04
3)    Futura More Info... 0:06
4)    Inchworm More Info... 0:05
5)    Wall Street More Info... 0:05
6)    My Machines More Info... 0:04
7)    Dominican Fade More Info... 0:01
8)    Sweetie & Shag More Info... 0:04
9)    Toddler More Info... 0:01
10)    Rolls Bayce More Info... 0:02
11)    White Electric More Info... 0:06
12)    Sundome More Info... 0:07
 
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Performer Notes
  • Audio Mixers: Seth Manchester; Keith Souza.
  • Recording information: Machines With Magnets, Providence, RI.
  • Photographer: Lesley Unruh.
  • Gloss Drop, the second full-length album from Battles, finds the band returning as a trio after singer/guitarist Tyondai Braxton announced he was leaving the band to return to life as a solo artist. On Gloss Drop, the band fills the empty space left behind with a number of intriguing guest stars, including Gary Numan and Yamataka Eye, adding a new dimension to their already far-out sound.
Professional Reviews
Spin (p.94) - "GLOSS DROP is an immersion in abstract tonalities, with Tropicalia-touched dark minimalism, tetchy arrhythmic strings, and propulsive funk."

Entertainment Weekly (p.100) - "GLOSS DROP, with its syncopated beats and chiming new-wave keyboards, dials up the warmth from their math-y, angular debut and injects far more humanity than most dance records allow." -- Grade: B+

Alternative Press (p.107) - 4.5 stars out of 5-- "Well paced and thoroughly engaging, the Braxton-less Battles have accomplished the seemingly impossible with GLOSS DROP: They've actually gotten better."

The Wire (p.44) - "'Toddler' recalls The Residents, while 'Rolls Bayce', with its stuttering drums and zaps of music-box melody, sounds like the group justifying their presence on the Warp roster....A triumph, and a major evolutionary leap."

Paste (magazine) - "Gary Numan lends his robotic howl to 'My Machines'...and Matias Aguayo transforms into a biological drum machine on lead single 'Ice Cream.'"

Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "GLOSS DROP is an exuberant joy....This time around there's a sense of visceral abandon from the outset, which is at once thrilling and more accessible."
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