Phoenix - BANKRUPT! (VINYL LP Glassnote GLS-0140-01) | NEW

Label: Glassnote – GLS-0140-01
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Apr 2013
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Indie Rock, Pop Rock

A1        Entertainment
Percussion – Cameron Kennedy, Michael Askill, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Steph Mudford
A2        The Real Thing
A3        S.O.S. In Bel Air
A4        Trying To Be Cool
Drums – Laurent D'Herbécourt
A5        Bankrupt!
Drums – Bastien Vandevelde
Flute – Cedric Plancy
Percussion – Cameron Kennedy, Michael Askill, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Steph Mudford
B1        Drakkar Noir
B2        Chloroform
B3        Don't
B4        Bourgeois
Drums – Zdar*
B5        Oblique City

Record Company – Loyauté
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Loyauté
Copyright © – Loyauté
Copyright © – Ghettoblaster Publishing
Licensed To – Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC – GLS-0140-01
Lacquer Cut At – Nashville Record Productions
Recorded At – Studios D'Herbécourt
Mixed At – Motorbass Studio
Mastered At – The Exchange
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Art Direction – SM Associati
Artwork – Laurent Brancowitz, Pascal Teixeira
Drums – Thomas Hedlund
Engineer – Guy Foucher, Stéphane Kim
Illustration – Ben Garvie
Lacquer Cut By – WG*
Mastered By – Mike Marsh
Mixed By – Zdar*
Producer – Zdar*, Phoenix
Recorded By – Laurent D'Herbécourt
Album dedicated to Adam Yauch.

Includes card with code for download.
Barcode (Text): 8 92038 00286 2
Barcode (String): 892038002862

Somewhat sneakily, as they honed their blend of new wave, synth pop, soft rock, and all things '80s for the better part of a decade, Phoenix became one of the most influential acts of the 2000s and 2010s. When they married that distinctive style to some of their strongest songs on 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, that album's mainstream success felt like a well-earned reward for their years of defining a sound that had permeated a lot of pop culture. Its follow-up, Bankrupt!, isn't nearly as devoid of new ideas as its title suggests, but it doesn't feel like quite the leap forward Wolfgang was compared to what came before it. Not that it necessarily needs to be; Phoenix sound more comfortable and confident than ever on songs like the lead single, "Entertainment," which defines almost everything that they do on the rest of the album with its galloping beats, earnest vocals, and Asian-tinged keyboard melodies. "Trying to Be Cool," "Don't," and "Oblique City" also carry over the bouncy irresistibility of the band's breakthrough, and even if they don't have the star-making power that "1901" and "Lisztomania" did, they reveal Phoenix's deep love and even deeper knowledge of '80s pop magic in their deft major-to-minor key changes and strategically placed buildups and breakdowns. These little touches help the band stand out among its like-minded contemporaries, and it helps that Phoenix have been drawing inspiration from the '80s longer than that decade actually existed (the fact that they mixed Bankrupt! on the console used in the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller might have contributed some good '80s karma as well). Elsewhere, they pay lip service to another of that decade's icons with "Drakkar Noir," and the way Thomas Mars pronounces it almost makes the overbearing cologne cool again. Here and on "The Real Thing," the band ponders and crosses the line between real and fake, taking it to new levels on "S.O.S. in Bel Air," which could reignite the debate between Strokes and Phoenix fans over who copied who first (and who does it better). Later on, things get interesting -- particularly for longtime fans -- when the band indulges its experimental side on songs like the seven-minute title track, which prefaces Mars' vocals with a lengthy stretch of baroque keyboards, and the expansive melancholy of "Chloroform" and "Bourgeois." Even if moments like these aren't exactly in keeping with the sound that broke Phoenix, they're a reminder that the bandmembers ultimately became popular by being themselves. Bankrupt! lets them celebrate with a victory lap that's enjoyable for all concerned. ~ Heather Phares

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Released: 2015-11-05