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Studio album by
Jeff Rosenstock
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)
Recorded2017
Genre
Length40:06
Label
Producer Jack Shirley
Jeff Rosenstock chronology
Worry
(2016)		Post-
(2018)		 No Dream
(2020)

Post- (stylized in all caps) is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Jeff Rosenstock, released on January 1, 2018, without any promotional lead-up. [1] The album was released on Polyvinyl Record Co. in the United States [2] and by Specialist Subject Records in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Much of Post- was written in the Catskill Mountains shortly after the 2016 presidential election. The resulting songs are, according The AV Club, "chiefly concerned with losing hope in your country, yourself, and those around you." [3] The album was primarily recorded at Atomic Garden Studios in Palo Alto, California in late November and early December 2017; additional recording took place at the Quote Unquote Records offices in Brooklyn, New York and in East Durham, New York. Guests on the album include Rosenstock's bandmate in Antarctigo Vespucci, Chris Farren, as well as frequent collaborator Dan Potthast, American singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson, and Canadian punk rock band PUP. Farren, Stevenson and PUP recorded their parts for the album from their homes. [4]

Ten percent of proceeds from any digital sales made from the album are being donated to Defend Puerto Rico, a charity assisting with disaster relief in Puerto Rico. [5] [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.0/10 [7]
Metacritic 88/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club A− [10]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [12]
Exclaim! 8/10 [13]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [14]
Paste 8.2/10 [15]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [16]
PopMatters 8/10 [17]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [18]

Post- was acclaimed by contemporary music critics upon its initial release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 88, based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [8]

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, writer Timothy Monger wrote: "While this may seem unerringly bleak, Post- is actually a pretty wild ride... Perhaps surprisingly so, Post- is also one of (Rosentock's) most accessible solo outings yet." [9]

Accolades

The album was included in several end-of-the-year best-albums-of-2018 lists, ranking in such lists by BrooklynVegan (24th), [19] Consequence of Sound (34th), [20] Thrillist (35th), [21] PopMatters (50th), [22] Under the Radar (58th), [23] and The Atlantic (1 of 23 unranked albums). [24]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mornin'!"0:05
2."USA"7:32
3."Yr Throat"2:43
4."All This Useless Energy"3:20
5."Powerlessness"2:43
6."TV Stars"4:20
7."Melba"3:04
8."Beating My Head Against a Wall"1:40
9."9/10"3:29
10."Let Them Win"11:10
11."Monkey Man 2" (hidden track) 
Total length:40:06

Personnel

Death Rosenstock

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [25] 1

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