Polymer (album)

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Polymer
Plaid - Polymer.png
Studio album by
Released7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)
Length52:18
Label Warp
Producer Plaid
Plaid chronology
The Digging Remedy
(2016)
Polymer
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Exclaim! 8/10 [2]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Headphone CommutePositive [4]

Polymer is the ninth studio album by British electronic music duo Plaid. It was released on 7 June 2019 by Warp. [5] It is the follow-up to their 2016 album The Digging Remedy . [6] The tracks "Maru", "Recall", "Los", and "Dancers" were made available prior to release, each with a music video. [5]

Contents

Background

Plaid said in a press release that the themes of the album are "the problems and benefits of Polymers" as well as "the natural versus the synthetic, silk and silicone, the significant effect they have on our lives". [5] Warp stated the album features "energetic bangers, bright melodic visceral rhythms and hypnotic wombic textures". [7]

Promotion

The band set up a microsite that allows users to "explore the component parts" of the track "Maru". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Turner and Ed Handley, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Meds Fade"3:14
2."Los"4:50
3."Maru"4:49
4."Ops"4:16
5."Drowned Sea"4:48
6."The Pale Moth" (writers: Handley, Turner and Benet Walsh)4:52
7."Dancers"5:00
8."Nurula" (writers: Handley, Turner and Benet Walsh)4:00
9."Recall"3:11
10."All to Get Her"3:13
11."Dust"2:21
12."Crown Shy" (writers: Handley, Turner, Benet Walsh, Gabriel Walsh)3:50
13."Praze" (writers: Handley, Turner and Benet Walsh)3:54
Total length:52:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Polymer. [9]

Additional musicians

  • Benet Walsh – electric guitar (tracks: 1, 8, 12); Spanish guitar (tracks: 6, 13); clarinet (tracks: 6, 8); violin (track 6); mandolin (track 13)
  • Gabriel Walsh – accordion (track 12)

Technical

  • Plaid – production
  • John Tejada – mastering

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 100

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