White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood

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White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
White is Relic Irrealis Mood cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 2018
Genre Dance-rock [1]
Length40:28
Label Polyvinyl
Producer Kevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
Rune Husk
(2017)
White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
(2018)
UR FUN
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.6/10 [2]
Metacritic 69/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B [5]
DIY'Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]
Spin 5/10 [9]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 [10]

White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood is the fifteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal, [11] [12] released on March 9, 2018.

Contents

Music

Singer Kevin Barnes said the album's sound was influenced by 1980s-style "extended dance mixes" and explained that he "also decided to abandon the 'live band in a room' approach." [13] Barnes listed Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, Chris Kraus, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Malcolm X, and Mark E. Smith as lyrical influences. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Soft Music/Juno Portraits of the Jovian Sky"5:36
2."Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia"7:16
3."Writing the Circles/Orgone Tropics"6:15
4."Plateau Phase/No Careerism No Corruption"5:19
5."Sophie Calle Private Game/Every Person Is a Pussy, Every Pussy Is a Star!"8:09
6."If You Talk to Symbol/Hostility Voyeur"8:33
Total length:41:08

Charts

Chart performance for White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
ChartPeak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 18
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [16] 12

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