Glyptothek (album)

Glyptothek
Studio album by
Momus
Released5 December 2015
Length46:51[1]
LabelAmerican Patchwork (AMPATCH017)
Momus chronology
Turpsycore
(2015) 		Glyptothek
(2015) 		Scobberlotchers
(2016)

Glyptothek is an album by Scottish musician Momus. It was released on 5 December 2015 by independent record label American Patchwork on CD and distributed by Darla Records.

Background

Glyptothek was recorded in Osaka, Japan.[1][2] Momus began making songs for the album by working with samples from his extensive collection of old Japanese folk music.[3][4] The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger.[5] His previous album Turpsycore was published in the same year.[2] Songs from Glyptothek and from other 2000s albums Bambi, Bibliotek, and Turpsycore were recollected in the Cherry Red Records anthology Pubic Intellectual.[6]

Themes

Song topics include befriending and naming a cockroach "Gregor," famous statues coming to life and taking nude selfies, fingerless chefs, and his penis.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Frontiers[7]

Yahoo! Music's Dave DiMartino ranked Glyptothek sixth on his list "Best Albums of 2015."[8] Now Then's Zachary Freeman described the album as "combined samples of Japanese shamisen 45 records with disparate synthesisers and abrasive guitars."[9] Zitty's Thorsten Glotzmann commented on the album's composition stating "flutes, lute and drumming samples [...] clearly sound like Japan."[2]

Frontiers's Dominik Rothbard reviewed the album favorably with "Glyptothek is at once hilarious, heartbreaking and a bit scary, but sadly, it's not likely to drag him out of obscurity."[7] Bashooka's Henri Wijaya put it on the list "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs."[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Art Creep"2:49
2."Masks of Bebko"2:51
3."Moral Mountain"2:34
4."Chef Biff"2:41
5."The Kappa"2:26
6."The Etruscan Shepherd"3:13
7."AFK"3:06
8."Gregor Samsa"2:40
9."Hinkfuss at the Glyptothek"3:06
10."The Labourer"2:22
11."The Manticore"2:35
12."Electric Dionysus"3:06
13."Candaulism"3:15
14."Nikki Danjo"2:37
15."Old Nick"3:40
16."Papposilenus"3:46

References

  1. ^ a b "Glyptothek - Momus". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Glotzmann, Thorsten (4 April 2015). "Momus, the eternal mocker". Zitty (in German). GCM Go City Media GmbH. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. ^ Matt (23 March 2016). "What's on in the Northern Quarter ~ Easter Sunday, 27th March 2016". nqmanchester.com. Northern Quarter, Manchester. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ^ Musicworks staff (21 January 2016). "MW Questionnaire: NICK CURRIE". Musicworks. Musicworks Society of Ontario. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. ^ Verleger, Hagen (18 November 2015). "Momus: Glyptothek on Behance". Behance. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ^ Cherry Red Records staff. "Pubic Intellectual: An Anthology 1986-2016 – Cherry Red Records". Cherry Red Records. cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Rothbard, Dominik (9 December 2015). "Music". Frontiers. Los Angeles, CA: New Frontiers Media Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. ^ Yahoo! Music staff (18 December 2016). "Best Albums of 2015: Yahoo Music Staff Picks". Yahoo! Music. Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ Freeman, Zachary (September 2016). "Albums". Now Then. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  10. ^ Wajiya, Henri (12 June 2016). "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs". bashooka.com. Bashooka. Retrieved 3 May 2017.