Tyranny is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Voidz (marketed as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz),recorded at Labyrinth,NYC and released on September 23,2014 through the Cult label.[6] The first single from the album,the 11-minute track "Human Sadness",was released on September 2,2014. The music video for the second single "Where No Eagles Fly",released on September 9,2014,was directed by guitarist Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter.[4] On September 23,Tyranny was made available to stream on the websites of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
The album received generally positive reviews,though outlets often expressed mixed opinions. Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars,calling it "the sound of a man shedding his skin. Not pretty,but more compelling for it."[18]Paste gave it 6.0,[16] while Exclaim! gave it 8 out of 10,calling it "a seriously sad album...compelling."[13] Lucas Villa of AXS awarded four out of five stars,writing,"Casablancas continues to exercise his experimental muscle in the most raucous ways with The Voidz in tow."[19] Benji Taylor of Clash gave the album 7/10,calling it "a weirdly wonderful mesh of awkward time signatures,unconventional song structures and,in general,unbridled madness".[10] Pitchfork was among the most negative of the reviewers,giving the album a 4.9 and calling it unlistenable and a failure.
GQ printed in a 2014 interview with Casablancas entitled,"Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You",
The record's called Tyranny, and that's sort of what it's about, Casablancas says: rapacious oil companies and a not-so-free press and environmental depredation. Money. Health care. Nightmares. The moon. "It's not very sexy to talk about these things, especially in a place like America, where things are, like, the best. But it just feels like we’re inside that Versailles bubble, you know?"[20]
Track listing
All tracks are arranged by the Voidz; all tracks are written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted.[6]
Tyranny track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Take Me in Your Army" (Jake Bercovici, Casablancas)
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