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Artist......: Baths
Album.......: Romaplasm
Label.......: Anticon
Genre.......: Electronic
Catnr.......: ABR0168
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2017-11-15
Str.date....: 2017-11-17
Quality.....: 863kbps/44.1kHz/2 channels
Url.........: http://anticon.com
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1. Yeoman 4:28
2. Extrasolar 4:37
3. Abscond 4:34
4. Human Bog 4:23
5. Adam Copies 4:02
6. Lev 2:12
7. I Form 4:15
8. Out 3:55
9. Superstructure 4:02
10. Wilt 3:41
11. Coitus 3:31
12. Broadback 3:38
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,: Comfort can be a crutch or a conduit for a creative :,
: breakthrough. For Baths, itÆs led to a level of artistic :
:' confidence and stability thatÆs allowed him to produce his ':
,: finest work. Enter Romaplasm, a profoundly emotional record :,
: steeped in the at-home obsessions of LAÆs Will Wiesenfeld. :
:' ':
,: ôIÆm not as emotive with real world things as I am when IÆm neck :,
: deep in anime, video games, books or comicsàö Baths says. ôI :
:' wanted to be honest with myself that this is where my heart ':
,: lies and where I get the most emotion out of life. I wanted a :,
: record that mirrors those emotions but in an indirect way.ö :
:' ':
,: In his own singular style, Baths has created his own post-modern :,
: take on Romanticism. Romaplasm bears a similar emphasis on :
:' emotion and individualism. You can see the hallmarks of the ':
,: movementÆs stress on aweùand like many of the great Romantic :,
: artists, he confronts the gnawing chaos of life with a focus on :
:' beauty and the sublime. As the German painter, Caspar David ':
,: Friedrich once affirmed: the artistÆs feeling is his law. :,
: :
:' ôThatÆs where my head is at right now,ö Baths says. ôAnime and ':
,: fantasy overdoes that too. ItÆs about taking ideas as far as you :,
: can even if they donÆt work out. IÆm trying to capture feelings :
:' that might be more obscure when translated to music, but always ':
,: seem to resonate with me.ö :,
: :
:' For as long as Will Wiesenfeld has been Baths, heÆs been ':
,: trafficking in perfectùor, more often and more :,
: interestinglyùnear-perfect pieces of pop. After attending :
:' Hamilton High SchoolÆs vaunted music academy, the classically ':
,: trained singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, first :,
: emerged in 2009, after a stint as [Post-Foetus] and the birth of :
:' another, still-active project known as Geotic. ':
,: :,
: His music, which merged the glitchy, punishing gloom of L.A.Æs :
:' beat scene with sunnier melodies and vocals that often drifted ':
,: into falsetto, was an instant sensation. It was as experimental :,
: as it was comforting, a warm blanket made from the rarest :
:' linens. Publications like Pitchfork heaped praise on his debut ':
,: album, 2010Æs Cerulean, which codified the sound; Obsidian, :,
: which followed three years later, in part chronicled :
:' WiesenfeldÆs recovery from a ghastly illness, and was even more ':
,: well-received. :,
: :
:' Romaplasm exists in the emotional crevices that are left ':
,: unexplored in polite company or at stilted cocktail parties. :,
: Less outwardly grim than the darker half of Obsidianùbut twice :
:' as bittersweetùthis LP reimagines approachable pop songs as ':
,: pieces of scaffolding that can be lived in, expanded and :,
: retracted, or torn down entirely. :
:' ':
,: The opener ôYeomanö could slide into Top 40 radio rotation, :,
: except for how tactilely you feel each component part, like :
:' Baths is constructing the record right in front of you, in real ':
,: time; ôSuperstructureö marries an earnest and straightforward :,
: vocal to a track thatÆs glitchy and propulsive and could :
:' soundtrack the climax of a gritty art film. ':
,: :,
: As with any artist who toys with name and identity, WiesenfeldÆs :
:' nods to a life that is truly personal (rather than persona) are ':
,: given extra weight, extra attention. When he sings, on ôHuman :,
: Bog,ö ôQueer in a way thatÆs failed me / IÆm not enough of :
:' anything,ö itÆs dripping with the sort of despair thatÆs won ':
,: only through years of lived experience. Wiesenfeld is an artist :,
: who, through his work as Geotic, has carefully deconstructed :
:' songwriting into its basest parts; as Baths on Romaplasm, he ':
,: reassembles the pieces of his musical and personal lives in the :,
: most piercing ways imaginable. :
:' ':
,: As always, Baths is unafraid to run counter to his surroundings: :,
: delicate when others are posturing, gripping and visceral where :
:' others drift into the digital morass. But this record is not ':
,: about contrarianism, or about rejecting the status quo. ItÆs :,
: about centering the things that are important to you, and doing :
:' so in the most honest way possible, even if that means fucking ':
,: things up a bit along the way. :,
: :
:' ôIn making this record, I wanted to be as self indulgent as ':
,: possible. To not think too hard about what I was doing :,
: stylistically as much as honing in on what material felt :
:' inspired and felt really good to make,ö Baths says. ôThose were ':
,: the only things that I wanted to pursue.ö :,
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