Leather Wings

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Leather Wings
Leather Wings (Japanther album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by Japanther
Released 2003 (2003)
Genre Lo-fi punk rock, noise rock
Length35:18
Label Menlo Park
Japanther chronology
South of Northport EP
(2002)
Leather Wings
(2003)
Dump the Body in Rikki Lake
(2003)

Leather Wings is an album by Japanther. It was released by Menlo Park Recordings in 2003. The album was given 7.2 out of 10 in a review by Pitchfork Media. [1]

Japanther band

Japanther was a band established by Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek, then students at Pratt Institute. Japanther was featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial and the 2011 Venice Biennale, and has collaborated with a diverse pool of artists such as gelitin, Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, Dan Graham, Eileen Myles, Kevin Bouton-Scott, robbinschilds, Dawn Riddle, Claudia Meza, Todd James, Devin Flynn, Ninjasonik, Anita Sparrow and Spank Rock. Japanther has made its name with unique performance situations, appearing alongside synchronized swimmers, atop the Williamsburg Bridge, with giant puppets, marionettes and shadow puppets, in the back of a moving truck in Soho, and at shows with giant dinosaurs and BMXers flying off the walls.

Track listing

  1. "Leather Wings" – 1:12
  2. "Buried Alive" – 2:50
  3. "Pleased to Meet You" – 3:16
  4. "Blood of the Panther" – 1:10
  5. "16 Stories High" – 5:27
  6. "Super Loser" – 4:02
  7. "South of Northport" – 3:59
  8. "TV Nightmare" – 1:13
  9. "Metal Bike" – 3:44
  10. "Lazer Shot" – 1:11
  11. "...Of Dogs" – 2:58
  12. "Dedicated" – 2:46
  13. untitled – 1:39

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References

  1. Hurst, Brad (14 August 2003). "Japanther: Leather Wings". Pitchfork.