Preoccupations
Studio album by
Preoccupations
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016
Recorded2016
Studio
  • The Barn Window Studio
  • Lost Cause Studios
  • The Area
  • Monty's Place
  • Basketball 4 Life
  • Breakglass Studios
Genre
Length38:16
Label
Producer
Preoccupations chronology
Viet Cong
(2015)		 Preoccupations
(2016)		 New Material
(2018)
Singles from Preoccupations
  1. "Anxiety"
    Released: June 13, 2016
  2. "Degraded"
    Released: July 13, 2016
  3. "Memory"
    Released: September 7, 2016

Preoccupations is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Preoccupations, released on September 16, 2016, by Flemish Eye in Canada and Jagjaguwar in the United States.[1] It was the band's first album released under this name, after changing it from "Viet Cong" in 2015.

Release

The album was preceded by the singles "Anxiety", "Degraded" and "Memory".[2][3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10[5]
Metacritic79/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Consequence of SoundB[8]
DIY[9]
Exclaim!7/10[10]
The Irish Times[11]
Pitchfork7.9/10[12]
PopMatters8/10[13]
Q[14]
The Skinny[15]
Uncut8/10[16]

Preoccupations received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6] Writing for Pitchfork, Marc Masters stated, "What makes Preoccupations much more than a circular exercise in self-analysis is the vitality of the music. There’s a tense, nervous energy running through all the tracks, which connect to each other like wires that spark electrical currents when they meet".[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Preoccupations

No.TitleLength
1."Anxiety"4:29
2."Monotony"2:53
3."Zodiac"3:43
4."Memory"11:26
5."Degraded"4:00
6."Sense"1:01
7."Forbidden"1:32
8."Stimulation"4:41
9."Fever"4:31
Total length:38:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Preoccupations.[17]

Main personnel
  • Matt Flegel – performer, writer
  • Mike Wallace – performer, writer
  • Scott Munro – performer, writer
  • Daniel Christiansen – performer, writer
  • Julie Fader – vocals (1, 4)
  • Dan Boeckner – vocals (4)
  • Jessie Stein – vocals (4), drone (4)
  • Graham Walsh – keyboards (7, 9)
Additional personnel
  • Graham Walsh – production, mixing, recording
  • Matt Flegel – production
  • Scott Munro – production, recording
  • Paul Gold – mastering
  • Pat Flegel – artwork
  • Marc Rimmer – design

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 105

References

  1. ↑ Lozano, Kevin (June 13, 2016). "Preoccupations (fka Viet Cong) Announce New Album, Share "Anxiety" Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Rettig, James (June 13, 2016). "Preoccupations – "Anxiety" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ Minsker, Evan (July 13, 2016). "Preoccupations (fka Viet Cong) Share New Track "Degraded": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Galbraith, Alex (September 7, 2016). "Preoccupations share 11-minute opus "Memory" featuring Dan Boeckner — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Preoccupations by Preoccupations reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Reviews for Preoccupations by Preoccupations". Metacritic. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ Henry, Dusty (September 13, 2016). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ Connick, Tom (September 15, 2016). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". DIY. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ Alger, Anna (September 14, 2016). "Preoccupations: Preoccupations". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ Murphy, Lauren (September 15, 2016). "Preoccupations album review: propulsive, purposeful, persistent". The Irish Times. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  12. 1 2 Masters, Marc (September 19, 2016). "Preoccupations: Preoccupations". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ Amen, John (November 10, 2016). "Preoccupations: Preoccupations". PopMatters. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  14. ↑ Mongredien, Phil (November 2016). "Preoccupations: Preoccupations". Q (365): 113.
  15. ↑ Smail, Alex (September 7, 2016). "Preoccupations – Preoccupations". The Skinny. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  16. ↑ Anderson, Jason (October 2016). "Preoccupations: Preoccupations". Uncut (233): 37.
  17. ↑ Preoccupations (album liner notes). Preoccupations. Flemish Eye. 2016. FLCR032-LP.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Preoccupations – Preoccupations" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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