(2020) VA – No Cover : A Carpark Covers Comp





Review:

Founded in 1999, the NYC-based label Carpark established itself at the forefront of the experimental / intelligent electronic music scene with releases from Kid606 and Casino Versus Japan. The label moved to the D.C. metro area in 2005, and expanded its palate accordingly into dream pop, melodic punk, disco and synth-heavy dance music with records from Beach House and Dan Deacon. They expanded to embrace sub labels like Acute Records, which specializes in post-punk reissues, Animal Collective’s Paw Tracks, and Toro y Moi’s Company Records. So it makes sense that No Cover, on which Carpark artists cover their label mates, is wide-ranging in its interests and sensibilities; its songs run the gamut, from IDM and no wave to indie pop, and pop punk. Cloud Nothings take a lo-fi power punk sledgehammer to Speedy Ortiz’s “Villains,” while Montag’s take on Adventure’s 2009 single “Rio” and Melkbelly’s version of Deacon’s deranged and catchy “Crystal Cat” remain relatively faithful to the spirited originals. Erin Anne’s turns Emily Reo’s electro pop “Strawberry” into a toothy rock ballad, Dent May’s tender take on Beach House’s “Saltwater” tones down the original’s ethereality, and Rituals of Mine’s trance-y take on Toro y Moi’s “Girl Like You” is an album highlight. Taken in full, the 21-track album highlights Carpark’s sizeable family, showcasing a long-present diversity and maturity.











Tracklist:

01. Melkbelly - The Crystal Cat

02. Skylar Spence - Ordinary Pleasure

03. The Mattson 2 - Forever, Until

04. Sad13 - Psychic Trauma

05. Emily Reo - Gila

06. Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Berlin Nites

07. Rituals of Mine - Girl Like You

08. Madeline Kenney - Pearly

09. Erin Anne - Strawberry

10. GRMLN - Hey Cool Kid

11. Cloud Nothings - Villain

12. Popstrangers - Just Imagine

13. Dan Deacon - Humbucker Blues

14. Marumari - Less Than Thou (Remix)

15. TEEN - Cut Me Off

16. Montag - Rio

17. Johanna Warren - Happy Unhappy

18. Dent May - Saltwater

19. Introverted Dancefloor - Now Is the Time of Emotion

20. The Beths - Starsign

21. Astronauts, Etc. - Riddles





Media Report:

Genre: electronic, indie-pop, post-punk

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM

Bit rate mode: Variable

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits