Weirdo Shrine

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Weirdo Shrine
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Studio album by
La Luz
ReleasedAugust 7, 2015
Genre
Length31:21
Label Hardly Art
Producer Ty Segall
La Luz chronology
It's Alive
(2013)		Weirdo Shrine
(2015)		 Floating Features
(2018)

Weirdo Shrine is a studio album by American surf rock band La Luz. [1] It was released on August 7, 2015. [2]

Contents

In early 2015, La Luz adjourned to a surf shop in San Dimas, California where, with the help of producer-engineer Ty Segall, they realized the vision of capturing the band’s restless live energy and committing it to tape. Weirdo Shrine finds them at their most saturated and cinematic—the sound of La Luz is (appropriately) vibrant, and alive with a kaleidoscopic passion  .

Composition

Weirdo Shrine digs into "classic-sounding" surf rock, yielding a "dark spin" on the genre. [3] [4] Doo-wop and "top-notch" rock and roll are also present. [5]

The album's production is lo-fi and "fuzz-heavy". [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Consequence B+ [8]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
Paste 8.3/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [4]
PopMatters 6/10 [5]

Track listing

  1. "Sleep Till They Die (Health, Life and Fire)" – 3:19
  2. "You Disappear" – 3:22
  3. "With Davey" – 2:17
  4. "Don't Wanna Be Anywhere" – 3:00
  5. "I Can't Speak" – 3:03
  6. "Hey Papi" – 1:46
  7. "I Wanna Be Alone (With You)" – 2:16
  8. "I'll Be True" – 3:28
  9. "Black Hole, Weirdo Shrine" – 3:04
  10. "Oranges" – 2:10
  11. "True Love Knows" – 3:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [7]

La Luz

References

  1. 1 2 Presley, Katie (July 29, 2015). "Review: La Luz, 'Weirdo Shrine'". NPR.org.
  2. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (August 7, 2015) "New Releases From La Luz, Chelsea Wolfe and Ossia," The New York Times. Retrieved on February 14, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Corey Henderson (August 5, 2015). "La Luz Weirdo Shrine". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "La Luz: Weirdo Shrine". Pitchfork.
  5. 1 2 John Paul (August 19, 2015). "La Luz: Weirdo Shrine". PopMatters . Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Critic Reviews for Weirdo Shrine - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Weirdo Shrine - La Luz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  8. ↑ "Album Review: La Luz – Weirdo Shrine". July 29, 2015.
  9. ↑ Robert Ham (August 4, 2015). "La Luz: Weirdo Shrine Review - Paste". Paste . Retrieved October 27, 2021.


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