Intimate Lightning

Intimate Lightning
Studio album by Neptune
Released	March 20, 2004
Recorded	2003
Studio	BC, Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City
Genre	Noise rock experimental no wave post-punk
Length	36:59
Label	Mr. Records (CD) / 100% Breakfast (LP)
Producer	Martin Bisi Neptune

Intimate Lightning is the third full-length album by American noise rock band Neptune, released on March 20, 2004, by Mr. Records (CD) / 100% Breakfast Records (LP).

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.9/10 [1]

Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari described the album's songs as "tightly wound nailbombs of rapidly shifting meters, clanging rhythms, and mathtacular start/stop passages designed for maximum sensory damage. Sanford's vocals are secondary, it seems, to the grotesque clatter surrounding them – he whispers and growls squarely in the middle of the mix, perfectly content to let the pummeling grooves overwhelm his Dadaist lyrics." In Chicago-based independent music magazine Punk Planet 's 62nd issue, reviewer Rex Reason stated while attempting to review Intimate Lightning: "The use of certain comparisons is warned against when reviewing records. At the top of the list are "if Band A and Band B had a baby..." and "if Band A and Band B were in a blender..." This record sounds like a swarm of insects making a baby with a band in a blender." ^[2]

Packaging

Intimate Lightning was issued on CD by Boston, MA independent label Mr. Records. The LP version was released by Cambridge, MA independent record label 100% Breakfast Records and was pressed on white vinyl. Due to several production errors at the pressing plant, only 141 copies of the Intimate Lightning LP were released. ^[3]

On the vinyl version, side A ends in a locked groove with the culmination of the track "At the Pink Pony". On the CD version, "At the Pink Pony" slowly cross-fades into the next track "Automatic".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neptune, except where noted.

Intimate Lightning track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tiny Conductor"	3:36
2.	"Misty"	3:08
3.	"Silver Planets"	3:40
4.	"A Little Spider"	4:20
5.	"At the Pink Pony"	3:39
6.	"Automatic" (written by Jane Wiedlin, originally performed by the Go Go's)	2:38
7.	"In This Hemisphere"	5:05
8.	"A Car Is a Weapon"	2:22
9.	"Jeremy Bentham"	2:27
10.	"The Gilded Bomb"	5:47

Personnel

Neptune

• Jason Sidney Sanford – guitar, vocals
• Mark William Pearson – bass, vocals
• John Douglas Manson – drums, vocals
• Daniel Paul Boucher – percussion, violin, backing vocals

Production

• Martin Bisi – recording, mixing engineer
• Neptune – mixing, production
• John Jacobson – mastering (Sound Station Seven, Providence, Rhode Island)

Packaging and design

• James Quigley – illustration, layout

References

1. Tangari, Joe (June 20, 2004). "Neptune – Intimate Lightning review". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 20, 2004.
2. Reason, Rex (July 1, 2004). "Neptune – Intimate Lightning CD". Punk Planet . Retrieved July 4, 2024.
3. "Intimate Lightning vinyl release notes". Discogs. Retrieved July 9, 2024.