Camoufleur

This article is about the Gastr del Sol album. For designers of military camouflage, see List of camoufleurs.

Camoufleur
Studio album by Gastr del Sol
Released	February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23)
Studio	Steam Room (Chicago, Illinois) Solid Sound (Hoffman Estates, Illinois) Soma (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Post-rock chamber pop
Length	40:47
Label	Drag City
Gastr del Sol chronology
Upgrade & Afterlife (1996) Camoufleur (1998) We Have Dozens of Titles (2024)

Camoufleur is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Gastr del Sol, released on February 23, 1998, on Drag City. ^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [4]
NME	7/10 [5]
Uncut	[6]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described Camoufleur as "a subdued, meditative affair, bringing together elements of folk, jazz, film music, and the avant-garde", which gradually "opens up, revealing layers of modest beauty". ^[2] Entertainment Weekly critic Rob Brunner found that it showed Gastr del Sol's music continuing to become "less obtuse", praising the album as "their most listenable — and ambitious — work yet". ^[4] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club felt that its "move toward more standard song structures, while not a radical revamp, sounds fresh and enjoyable." ^[7]

In 2018, Pitchfork placed Camoufleur at number 38 on its list of the 50 best albums of 1998. ^[8] In an accompanying write-up, staff writer Marc Hogan described the album as "meticulous, introspective chamber-pop, unfurling a bit like Van Dyke Parks' work with Brian Wilson." ^[8] Fact ranked it as the tenth best post-rock album of all time in a 2016 list. ^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Seasons Reverse"	David Grubbs Jim O'Rourke Markus Popp	5:52
2.	"Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder"	Grubbs O'Rourke Popp	6:31
3.	"Black Horse"	Grubbs O'Rourke	5:24
4.	"Each Dream Is an Example"	Grubbs O'Rourke Popp	5:41
5.	"Mouth Canyon"	Grubbs O'Rourke	3:48
6.	"A Puff of Dew"	Grubbs O'Rourke Popp	6:20
7.	"Bauchredner"	Grubbs O'Rourke	7:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Jim O'Rourke – composition, performance, recording
• David Grubbs – composition, performance
• Markus Popp – composition, performance
• Edith Frost – vocals
• Stephen Prina – vocals
• Darin Gray – bass guitar
• John McEntire – drums, recording
• Steven Butters – steel drums
• Jeb Bishop – trombone
• Rob Mazurek – cornet
• Ken Vandermark – clarinet
• Jeremy Ronkin – French horn
• Julie Pomerleau – viola, violin
• Maureen Loughnane – violin
• Phil Bonnet – recording
• Markus Oehlen – artwork

References

1. "Gastr del Sol – Camoufleur". Drag City . Retrieved February 18, 2018.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Camoufleur – Gastr del Sol". AllMusic . Retrieved February 18, 2018.
3. Kot, Greg (February 27, 1998). "Gastr del Sol: Camoufleur (Drag City)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
4. Brunner, Rob (April 10, 1998). "Camoufleur". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
5. Udo, Tommy (January 24, 1998). "Gastr Del Sol – Camoufleur". NME . Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
6. Keenan, David (February 1998). "Sunny side of the street". Uncut . No. 9. p. 85.
7. Klein, Joshua (March 29, 2002). "Gastr Del Sol: Camoufleur". The A.V. Club . Retrieved February 18, 2018.
8. "The 50 Best Albums of 1998". Pitchfork . February 12, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
9. Bowe, Miles; Horner, Al; Lobenfeld, Claire; Ravens, Chal; Twells, John; Welsh, April Clare; Wilson, Scott (April 20, 2016). "The 30 best post-rock albums of all time". Fact . Retrieved June 9, 2020.

External links

• Camoufleur at Discogs (list of releases)