| Gong Lake | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | February 19, 2008 |
| Recorded | 2007 |
| Studio | Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
| Genre | |
| Length | 39:05 |
| Label | Table of the Elements, Radium |
| Producer | Kevin Micka / Neptune |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.0/10) [1] |
| Sputnikmusic | (4.5/5) |
Gong Lake is the sixth full length album by American noise rock band Neptune, released on February 19, 2008 by Table of the Elements / Radium. It was the band's first release to be distributed worldwide. [2]
Pitchfork writer Jason Crock wrote, who "knows what machine has been subverted to make the noise, many songs start from stretched, ominous tones that may as well be from keyboards, notably on songs like "Copper Green" where the band hangs several little noise fugues like tree ornaments on one central, icy one-note drone." A review on XlR8R described the album as "hardcore and aggressively agitating, this arrangement of instrumentation is hard on the ears yet clever enough to keep you interested." [3] Sputnik Music giving the album a 4.5/5 rating, stated "Gong Lake is a steady manifestation towards what music can be: a musical thrill that is as innovative with the physical craft of the music as is the aural experimentation itself. The industrial soundscapes are as industrial as the makeshift instruments, or the sharp angles the creations make." [4]
Gong Lake was issued worldwide on CD and LP via American avant-garde record label Table of the Elements. The vinyl version was pressed on clear "coke bottle" hued vinyl. [5]
All tracks are written by Neptune
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Silver Pool" | 1:32 |
| 2. | "Gray Shallows" | 4:24 |
| 3. | "Paris Green" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Purple Sleep" | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Yellow River" | 4:17 |
| 6. | "Copper Green" | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Blue Glass" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Black Tide" | 4:22 |
| 9. | "Red Sea" | 5:36 |
| 10. | "Ebbing" | 0:50 |
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