Fabricated
| Fabricated | |
|---|---|
| 📅 Released | 7 August 2018 |
| ⏳ Length | 29:02 |
| 🏷️ Label | Mint 400 Records |
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Fabricated is the third studio album from the Canadian artist Defend the Rhino.
Content[edit]
The eight-track instrumental album was released with Mint 400 Records, on 7 August 2018. Fabricated is split into two parts, one part which features collaborative vocals from Adam Bird of aBIRD, Neil Sabatino of Fairmont, Kayla Salewsky of Tiegan and Steven Donahue of Young Legs, and the other part, which is only instrumental tracks.[1] The album draws to comparison to the music of the Cure, Mogwai, Explosions In the Sky, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.[2] The music video for the song "Blue Dog" contains blue-tinged footage of Sutton driving, until he finds a mask of a Rhino laying in the middle of the street, and he picks it up and drives away.
Reception[edit]
A review of Fabricated by Jersey Beat notes that the "Fairmont duet on "Winter Sweater" from the shaggy laconic melody to the title, recalls Yo La Tengo," and Tiegan finds "great success on the alluring electro-pop "In the Meantime," with its tribal beats and shimmering synths." He compares Donahue's vocals to Kurt Cobain, calling the song "Blue Dog" an "exquisitely sad composition tinged with regret," and the song "Afterlife" a "reflective ballad you could imagine playing over the end credits of your favorite Wes Anderson flick." The review closes with "thematically, Fabricated holds together as a soothing rainy day record for chill afternoons, even with the disparate vocals; but I suspect these songs' future may lie in licensing them to film and TV, where they'd work perfectly."[3] Bob Makin in The Aquarian Weekly writes "Tiegan steps out of her comfort zone with her vocals added to the electro song "In the Meantime"[,] and Fairmont lends vocals and guitar to the Cure-sounding "Winter Sweater."[1]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Featuring | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winter Sweater" | Adam Bird | 3:27 |
| 2. | "In the Meantime" | Kayla Salewsky | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Blue Dog" | Steven Donahue | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Afterlife" | Neil Sabatino | 4:05 |
| 5. | "Winter Sweater (instrumental)" | 3:27 | |
| 6. | "In the Meantime (instrumental)" | 3:07 | |
| 7. | "Blue Dog (instrumental)" | 3:52 | |
| 8. | "Afterlife (instrumental)" | 4:05 | |
| Total length: | 29:02 | ||
References[edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Makin, Bob (19 July 2018), "Makin Waves Scene Report with Mint 400 Records, a tribute to George Theiss, and Etherius", The Aquarian Weekly, retrieved 14 March 2019
- Pirate! Staff (2018), "Defend the Rhino Fabricated", Pirate!, retrieved 14 March 2019
- Testa, Jim (2018), "Defend the Rhino Fabricated", Jersey Beat, retrieved 14 March 2019
