Two Star & the Dream Police

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Two Star & the Dream Police
Mk.gee - Two Star and the Dream Police (Album Cover).jpg
Studio album by
Mk.gee
ReleasedFebruary 9, 2024 (2024-02-09)
Genre Bedroom pop
Length33:18
Label R&R
Producer
Mk.gee chronology
A Museum of Contradiction
(2020)		Two Star & the Dream Police
(2024)
Singles from Two Star & the Dream Police
  1. "Candy" / "How Many Miles"
    Released: August 11, 2023
  2. "Are You Looking Up" / "You Got It"
    Released: October 20, 2023
  3. "Dream Police"
    Released: January 19, 2024

Two Star & the Dream Police is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gordon, known professionally as Mk.gee. Released on February 9, 2024, through R&R, the album was supported by five singles: "Candy", "How Many Miles", "Are You Looking Up", "You Got It", and "Dream Police".

Contents

The album received critical acclaim, with reviewers highlighting the lyrical content, production, as well as Gordon's artistic growth and vocal performances. It has been widely recognized as one of the best albums of 2024, with Clash , Dazed and The New York Times ranking it number one on their respective year-end lists. Additionally, Pitchfork named it one of the best albums of the first half of the 2020s. Commercially, Two Star & the Dream Police marked Gordon's first charting album, peaking at number 84 on the Scottish Albums Chart and number 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

To support the album, Gordon embarked on a North American tour from April to May 2024, followed by a world tour spanning North America, Europe and Australia, which began in September and concluded in December. The concerts received praise from several publications. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Background

Two Star & the Dream Police is Gordon's first release since his debut mixtape A Museum of Contradiction in 2020. In 2021, before working on the album, Gordon collaborated with musician Dijon, serving as co-writer and co-producer on his debut studio album Absolutely . Since then, Dijon has been Gordon's frequent collaborator. [5]

Singles

The album was preceded by the release of five singles. "Candy" and "How Many Miles" were released together as the double lead single to the then-unannounced album on August 11, 2023. [6] Will Schube of FLOOD Magazine described the former as a "funk-leaning lo-fi pop jam filled with psychedelic guitar squiggles and a magnificent use of vocoder" and the latter as an R&B-inspired song that "showcases [Mk.gee]'s gifts as a songwriter and vocalist." [6] Joshua Minsoo Kim of Rolling Stone analyzed "How Many Miles" as a song about "feeling lost and finding yourself" and deemed it the album's highlight. [7] Brady Brickner-Wood of Pitchfork praised the song and said, "No song better illustrates Mk.gee's gifts than 'How many miles.'" [8]

On October 20, 2023, Gordon released another double single "Are You Looking Up" and "You Got It". [9] Both songs were met with critical praise, with Dazed including the former in its list of "20 best tracks of 2023", placing it at number 12, [10] while the latter being named the 26th best song of the year by The Fader. [11] In June 2024, "Are You Looking Up" was featured in the third season of the American comedy-drama series The Bear , appearing in the ninth episode titled "Apologies". [12]

On January 19, 2024, the album's fifth single "Dream Police" was released, followed by the announcement of the album release date and title. [13]

Composition

Musically, Two Star & the Dream Police has been described by Hypebeast as a "genre-surfing bedroom pop that's lo-fi yet bright [and] intimate yet expansive" record with elements of indie and alternative. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [14]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 8/10 [15]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [16]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Upon release, Two Star & the Dream Police was met with acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 83, based on four reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [14]

Reviewing for Clash, Ana Lamond wrote, "There is an immersive quality across the tracklist that instantly strikes through. Each track is submerged in a nocturnal wash of acoustics, playful in its use of distance, textures and melody. [...] Sonically, Two Star & The [Dream] Police is able to defy the traditional conventions of a ballad, whilst reaching into a magnetic vulnerability through [Mk.gee]'s pen." [15] Max Gayler of The Lineof Best Fit praised the album, highlighting the lyrical content, production and Gordon's vocals, and wrote, "Clocking in at just over 33 minutes, these 12 songs carry the weight of an artistry so well studied and expertly executed. [16] Pitchfork's writer Brady Brickner-Wood called it a "magnificent debut album", lauding its production and vocal performances, and said, "the magic of [the album is that] nothing in contemporary music sounds quite like it, yet it seems to have always been with us, hovering just outside the realm of possibility." [8]

Critics' ranking

Two Star & the Dream Police has been featured in numerous publications' year-end lists of the best albums of 2024. It claimed the number one spot in rankings by Clash , [17] Dazed , [18] and Jon Caramanica of The New York Times . [19] The album was also listed in the top five by Coup De Main, [20] Gorilla vs. Bear , [21] Los Angeles Times , [22] and The New Yorker . [23] It ranked within the top ten in lists by The Associated Press, [24] Billboard , [25] Crack , [26] Hypebeast, [27] The Line of Best Fit , [28] The Ringer , [29] and TURN, [30] as well as in the top 20 by Exclaim! , [31] The Guardian , [32] NME , [33] Pitchfork , [34] and Rolling Stone. [35] Additionally, it appeared in the top 50 in lists by Alternative Press , [36] Beats Per Minute , [37] Complex , [38] The Fader , [39] FLOOD Magazine, [40] KCRW, [41] NPR, [42] Stereogum , [43] and Vogue , [44] as well as in the top 100 by Paste and Uproxx . [45] [46] Furthermore, Apple Music included the album in its "Favorite Albums of 2024" list, [47] while Vulture placed it in the honorable mentions of its best albums ranking. [48] In October 2024, Pitchfork also named Two Star & the Dream Police as one of the best albums of the first half of the 2020s. [49]

Among the album's tracks, "Alesis" has appeared most frequently on critics' lists of the year's best songs, with Coup De Main and Vulture putting it at number one. [50] [51] Gorilla vs. Bear , NME , and The Ringer included the song in their top ten, placing it in fourth, seventh, and sixth place, respectively. [52] [53] [54] The song was also listed in the top 100 on year-end lists by Billboard , Paste , and Uproxx . [55] [56] [57] Additionally, Spotify featured the song in its music editors' picks for the best songs of the year. [58] "Are You Looking Up" was ranked the 12th best song of 2023 by Dazed , [10] the seventh best song of 2024 by The Fader , [59] and one of the best songs of the first half of 2024 by Los Angeles Times . [60] The Fader placed "You Got It" as the 26th best song of 2023. [11] Additionally, "Breakthespell" was ranked 11th in Resident Advisor's "Best Tracks of 2024" list. [61] Meanwhile, "I Want" and "Little Bit More" were each named one of the best songs of the first half of 2024 by NPR and The New York Times , respectively. [62] [63]

Select year-end rankings for Two Star & the Dream Police
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Clash Albums of the Year 20241 [17]
Coup De MainThe Best Albums of 20244 [20]
Crack The Top 50 Albums of 20246 [26]
Dazed The 20 best albums of 20241 [18]
Gorilla vs. Bear Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 20242 [21]
The Line of Best Fit The Best Albums of 20247 [28]
Los Angeles Times The 20 best albums of 20243 [22]
The New York Times Jon Caramanica's Best Albums of 20241 [19]
The New Yorker The Best Albums of 20242 [23]
The Ringer The Ringer’s 30 Best Albums of 20246 [29]
Mid-decade rankings for Two Star & the Dream Police
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Pitchfork 100 Best Albums of the 2020s so far91 [49]

Promotion and tours

After the release of the two lead singles, Gordon announced a 5-show tour in 2023 called Inside Each of Us Are Two Stars, which included shows in Brooklyn (October 16 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg), Toronto (October 18 at the Great Hall), Chicago (October 21 at the Lincoln Hall), Los Angeles (November 1 at the Roxy Theatre), and San Francisco (November 3 at Rickshaw Stop). [64] On February 16, Gordon held a one-night live show in London. The show was originally set to be held at Oslo Hackney, but was moved to the EartH Hall, a larger venue, due to high demand. [65] [66] [67]

On February 24, 2024, Gordon made an appearance at the Jil Sander Fall Winter 2024 Runaway Show in Milan, performing "How Many Miles", "Alesis" and "Dream Police", alongside Benji B. [68] On April 11, 2024, Gordon performed "Are You Looking Up" on the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, marking his debut performance on television. [69] On November 9, 2024, he appeared as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing "Alesis" alongside a standalone single "Rockman". [70]

North America tour

Gordon embarked on a longer, 18-show tour in North America to promote Two Star & the Dream Police. The tour began on April 23, 2024, in San Diego, California and concluded on May 19, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. [71] [72]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue [71]
DateCityCountryVenue
April 23, 2024 San Diego United StatesMusic Box
April 24, 2024 Los Angeles The Fonda Theatre
April 25, 2024
April 27, 2024 San Francisco Great American Music Hall
April 29, 2024 Portland Revolution Hall
April 30, 2024 Vancouver CanadaThe Biltmore
May 1, 2024 Seattle United StatesNeumos
May 3, 2024 Salt Lake City Urban Lounge
May 4, 2024 Denver Meow Wulf
May 7, 2024 Austin Empire Garage
May 9, 2024 Atlanta Variety Playhouse
May 10, 2024 Durham Motorco
May 11, 2024 Washington D.C. The Howard
May 13, 2024 Toronto Canada Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 16, 2024 Brooklyn United StatesElsewhere
May 17, 2024 New York City Irving Plaza
May 18, 2024 Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts
May 19, 2024 Boston Sinclair

World tour

Following the success of his 18-show tour, Gordon has embarked on his first-ever world tour spanning North America, Europe and Australia. The tour began on September 2, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada and concluded on December 7, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. [73]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue
DateCityCountryVenue
September 2, 2024 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom
September 3, 2024 Seattle United StatesShowbox SoDo
September 6, 2024 Oakland Fox Theater
September 7, 2024 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
September 9, 2024 San Diego The Observatory North Park
September 11, 2024 Denver Summit
September 13, 2024 Houston White Oak Music Hall
September 11, 2024 Austin Emo's Austin
September 13, 2024 Dallas House Of Blues
September 18, 2024 Atlanta Tabernacle
September 19, 2024 Louisville Mercury Ballroom
September 20, 2024 Nashville Marathon Music Works
September 21, 2024 Newport MegaCorp Pavilion
September 23, 2024 Silver Spring The Fillmore Silver Spring
September 24, 2024 New Haven Toad's Place
September 26, 2024 Boston House Of Blues
September 28, 2024 Philadelphia Franklin Music Hall
September 29, 2024 Brooklyn Brooklyn Paramount Theater
October 1, 2024 Toronto Canada HISTORY
October 2, 2024 Detroit United StatesSt. Andrew's Hall
October 3, 2024 Chicago Vic Theatre
October 5, 2024 Minneapolis Uptown Theater
October 31, 2024 London United Kingdom Electric Brixton
November 3, 2024 Paris France Elysée Montmartre
November 4, 2024 Berlin GermanyBetonhalle
November 5, 2024 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradise
December 3, 2024 Brisbane AustraliaThe Triffid
December 5, 2024 Sydney Metro Theatre
December 7, 2024 Melbourne Max Watt's

Track listing

Credits adapted from Spotify. [74]

All tracks are written by Michael Gordon, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Gordon, except "New Low" and "DNM" are produced by Gordon and Dijon Duenas.

Two Star & the Dream Police track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New Low" 2:06
2."How Many Miles" 2:21
3."Are You Looking Up" 2:46
4."DNM"
  • Gordon
  • Duenas
1:58
5."You Got It"
2:14
6."Rylee & I" 2:22
7."Candy" 2:54
8."I Want" 3:38
9."Alesis" 3:18
10."Breakthespell" 4:27
11."Little Bit More" 2:19
12."Dream Police"
  • Keuch
  • Gordon
2:49
Total length:33:18

Charts

Chart performance for Two Star & the Dream Police
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [75] 84
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [76] 29

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