Secondhand Rapture

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Secondhand Rapture
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
Recorded2011–2012
Studio
Genre
Length42:06
Label
Producer
MS MR chronology
Candy Bar Creep Show
(2012)
Secondhand Rapture
(2013)
How Does It Feel
(2015)
Singles from Secondhand Rapture
  1. "Hurricane"
    Released: June 10, 2012
  2. "Fantasy"
    Released: March 8, 2013
  3. "Think of You"
    Released: August 5, 2013
  4. "Fantasy" / "Dance Yrself Clean"
    Released: November 7, 2013

Secondhand Rapture is the debut studio album by American duo MS MR, released on May 14, 2013 by Columbia Records. The album was written and produced by MS MR with additional production and mixing done by Tom Elmhirst. The album features the singles "Hurricane", "Fantasy" and "Think of You". Secondhand Rapture peaked at number 116 on the Billboard 200 and sold 3,500 copies during its first week. [1] To promote the record, the band toured across North America.

Contents

Singles

Promotion

On June 24, 2013, the band announced a 26-city summer-fall tour across North America to promote the record, beginning on August 3 at Chicago's House of Blues and finishing on October 23 in Vancouver. Two Door Cinema Club, and Wildcat! Wildcat! were supporting acts on the tour. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.4/10 [3]
Metacritic 60/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Consequence of Sound C+ [6]
Filter 83% [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [10]
PopMatters 5/10 [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Under the Radar 6/10 [14]

Secondhand Rapture garnered mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 15 reviews. [4]

Laurence Green, writing for MusicOMH , praised the album's warm production, melodies and consistency, declaring, "For all its rich fashionable stylings, Second Rapture is a pop album to its very core and wears the tag with pride". [9] AllMusic's Heather Phares said, "MS MR concentrate on a sullen yet sultry mood for the bulk of Secondhand Rapture, and while that delivers several notable tracks -- "Fantasy" and "Head Is Not My Home" chief among them—at times it's almost too much. Still, the album's strongest tracks show that the duo has plenty of talent and potential". " [5] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the album, noting that "MS MR's knack for durable hooks, in fact, is what keeps the album's gloomy goth-pop anchored". [13]

Pitchfork contributor Laura Snapes described the band's sound as "brooding, rhythmically strong pop songs that fall halfway between the poutiness of Lana Del Rey and the hyperactive fizz of Haim", but criticized their "obsessively curated" strategy", inconsistent lyrical approach and deviations from their sonic template of "deep, thunderous rumblings, celestial twinkling, foggy shrouds, and the sweet clarity of a pastel dawn". [10] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound commended Plapinger's nuanced lyrical delivery and Hershenow's "rich orchestral palette", concluding that "Secondhand Rapture blurs the line between throwing up our hands in defeat and throwing them up in joy". [6]

"Bones" was used in a promotional trailer for the third season of Game of Thrones in early 2013, [15] and in the "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" episode of Pretty Little Liars , which aired February 12, 2013. [16] "Hurricane" was featured in the 2018 film Extinction . [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by MS MR, additional production by Tom Elmhirst

No.TitleLength
1."Hurricane"3:46
2."Bones"4:15
3."Ash Tree Lane"3:13
4."Fantasy"3:28
5."Dark Doo Wop"2:53
6."Head Is Not My Home"3:33
7."Salty Sweet"3:12
8."Think of You"3:26
9."Twenty Seven"3:39
10."BTSK"3:27
11."No Trace"3:16
12."This Isn't Control"3:58
Total length:42:06
Amazon exclusive version (MP3 download)
No.TitleLength
13."Fantasy" (Nicita Remix)3:39
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Fantasy" (Kele from Bloc Party Remix)5:56
Spotify bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Strings"3:57
Secondhand^2: The Remix EP [18]
No.TitleLength
1."Think of You" (Wet Remix)3:45
2."Think of You" (Haerts Remix)5:36
3."Hurricane" (Goldroom Remix)5:44
4."Fantasy" (Nicita Remix)3:40
5."Fantasy" (Xaphoon Jones Late Nite Mix)3:35
6."Bones" (Hot Sugar Remix)3:56
Total length:26:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the Secondhand Rapture booklet. [19]

MS MR

Additional musicians

Production

Imagery

Charts

Chart performance for Secondhand Rapture
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21] 126
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 51
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 65
US Billboard 200 [25] 116
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [26] 24
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [27] 35

Release history

Release history for Secondhand Rapture
RegionDateLabelFormat(s)Name
GermanyMay 10, 2013 Columbia, Sony Music CD, digital download, vinyl Secondhand Rapture
FranceDigital download
United Kingdom
FranceMay 13, 2013CD
United KingdomCD, vinyl
VariousMay 14, 2013CD, digital download, vinyl
April 8, 2014Digital downloadSecondhand^2: The Remix EP

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