Viet Cong (album)

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Viet Cong
Viet Cong self titled album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Viet Cong
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)
Recorded2014
Studio
  • The Barn Window Studio
  • Lost Cause Studios
  • Basketball 4 Life
  • Monty's Place
Genre
Length37:04
Label
Producer
Preoccupations chronology
Cassette
(2013)		Viet Cong
(2015)		 Preoccupations
(2016)

Viet Cong is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Viet Cong. It was released on January 20, 2015, by Flemish Eye in Canada and Jagjaguwar internationally. [1] [2] Viet Cong is the only album released by the band under this name, as they changed their name to Preoccupations in 2016.

Contents

The first single from the album, "Continental Shelf", was released for streaming on October 15, 2014. [3] The album also features a re-recorded version of a previous song, "Bunker Buster". The band embarked on a North American and European tour in support of the album. [4]

Production

The album was recorded during 2014 at The Barn Window Studio, Lost Cause Studios, Basketball 4 Life and Monty's Place. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.0/10 [6]
Metacritic 77/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Consequence of Sound B− [9]
Exclaim! 9/10 [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME 8/10 [13]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [14]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Spin 8/10 [16]
Uncut 7/10 [17]

Upon its release, Viet Cong received mainly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 77, based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [7] Writing for Exclaim! , Cam Lindsay noted that "Viet Cong maintains the same shadowy, droning tones that haunted Cassette, only taking them deeper into the abyss". [10]

Accolades

The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize. [18]

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
NME NME's Albums of the Year 20152015
46 [19]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 20152015
45 [20]
Pitchfork Pitchfork Readers' Poll Top 50 Albums2015
18 [21]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Newspaper Spoons"3:02
2."Pointless Experience"2:59
3."March of Progress"6:19
4."Bunker Buster"5:55
5."Continental Shelf"3:20
6."Silhouettes"4:12
7."Death"11:17
Total length:37:04

Personnel

Viet Cong

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References

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  2. ↑ Terry, Josh (October 15, 2014). "Viet Cong share new song "Continental Shelf" — listen". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Zach (October 15, 2014). "Viet Cong - "Continental Shelf"". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (October 15, 2014). "Viet Cong Announce Self-Titled LP". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ Viet Cong (album liner notes). Viet Cong. Flemish Eye. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ "Viet Cong by Viet Cong reviews". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Reviews for Viet Cong by Viet Cong". Metacritic . Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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