LLC
| LLC | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 16 November 2018 | |||
| Studio | North Carolina | |||
| ⏳ Length | 39:31 | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Self-released | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Erik Kase Romero | |||
| Deal Casino chronology | ||||
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LLC is the second studio album from the American rock band Deal Casino.
Content[edit]
The nine-track alternative rock album was self-released on vinyl and digital download, on 16 November 2018. The album was recorded in twelve days, at a residential studio the band repaired, located in North Carolina, and it is produced and engineered by Erik Kase Romero, with additional engineering by Anthony Yebra. Mixing is by Tim Pannella, and mastering is by Philip Shaw Bova.[1] Album artwork and photography is by Cody Cutter, with layout that is by Stephen Omark. It features more prominent synthesizers, than in previous Deal Casino records.[2] The album draws comparison to the music of the pop rock band the Beatles, the experimental rock band Radiohead, and the post-Britpop band Coldplay. The opening song "Color TV" is about despression, and its impact on lovers and friends, and "Happy People" is about a man suffering from loneliness, in an enlarging, apathetic world.[1]
The music video for "French Blonde" was released on 26 September 2018, and it is shot in black-and-white, at a junkyard near Long Branch, New Jersey. It contains French subtitles and minimal choreography, and footage of Joe P getting a tattoo, smoking, and dancing to the song.[2] The music video for "Father's Day" was released on 14 November 2018, and is shot in front of a wall of over one-hundred televisions, with synchonized VHS images.[3] It is directed by Anthony Yebra.
Reception[edit]
A review in New Jersey Stage says "the bridge of "Color TV" is great, and the chorus is best of all as it keenly illustrates the pleasure and the pain at the core of the conflict within the song." They describe the song "Marley" as a "funky, quirky nugget [with] layers and layers of haunting atmospherics contrast a sweet sing-song melody and bouncy beat."[1] New Noise describes the song "French Blonde" as being "very gritty with its trudging, sliding bass line[,] vocals [that] are rather ominous, as an eerie drone behind the drums. The song's melodic harmonies shine in the chorus, breathing life and energy into the dissonance."[4]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Color TV" | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Happy People" | 3:15 |
| 3. | "French Blonde" | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Chocolate Cake" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Baby Teeth" | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Marley" | 4:21 |
| 7. | "Cookman" | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Terraforming" | 5:32 |
| 9. | "Father's Day" | 5:37 |
| Total length: | 39:31 | |
References[edit]
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Makin 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Graff 2018.
- ↑ BWW News Staff 2018.
- ↑ Gonzalez 2018.
- Bibliography
- BWW News Staff (14 November 2018), "Deal Casino's Visually Explosive Video For Father's Day", BroadwayWorld, retrieved 19 April 2019
- Gonzalez, Sean (30 August 2018), "Song Premiere: Deal Casino – "French Blonde"", New Noise, retrieved 19 April 2019
- Graff, Gary (26 September 2018), "Deal Casino Heads to a Junkyard & Gets Tattooed for 'French Blonde' Video: Premiere", Billboard, retrieved 19 April 2019
- Makin, Bob (15 November 2018), "Makin Waves Record of the Week: "LLC" by Deal Casino", New Jersey Stage, retrieved 19 April 2019
