American Whip

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Joy Zipper
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Studio album by
Joy Zipper
Released2003
GenreIndie, dream pop
LanguageEnglish
Label
Producer,
Joy Zipper chronology
Joy Zipper
(2000) 		Joy Zipper
(2003) 		The Stereo and God
(2004)

American Whip is the second album by the New York dream pop duo Joy Zipper released in 2003.

Track listing[]

  1. "Sunstroke" - 1:00
  2. "Christmas Song" - 3:39
  3. "Baby You Should Know" - 4:31
  4. "33X" - 3:25
  5. "Out of the Sun" - 4:29
  6. "Drugs" - 0:24
  7. "Dosed and Became Invisible" - 4:16
  8. "Alzheimers" - 4:32
  9. "Ron" - 3:37
  10. "In the Never Ending Search for a Suitable Enemy" - 6:19
  11. "VSX" - 0:53
  12. "Valley Stream" - 4:35

Critical reaction[]

The BBC's Richard Banks praised "charming melodies, heart-melting harmonies and hazy lo-fi guitars" forming "an intoxicating alt-pop nectar", noting a formula little-changed from their first album. He also discerned a darker side beneath the "saccharine" surface.[1] Pitchfork rated it 7.5/10, calling it "engaging and sharply-drawn", rejecting deeper meanings.[2] IGN gave it 8.5/10.[3]

Drowned in Sound scored it 5/10, saying "Joy Zipper are the type of band that think shrouding their songs in a sheet of sub-Kevin Shields drone, drugged-up affectations and bastardised Bacharach melodies makes their pedestrian pop sound urgent, vital and 'edgy.' It doesn't."[4] Uncut called it a new My Bloody Valentine album in all but name, scoring it 4/10.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Richard Banks, "Joy Zipper American Whip Review", 2004-02-11
  2. ^ Brian Howe, "Joy Zipper American Whip", Pitchfork, April 13, 2005
  3. ^ "American Whip Joy Zipper 'Whip'...it good" Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today, IGN, February 23, 2005
  4. ^ Neil Robertson, "Joy Zipper American Whip" Archived 2013-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, Drowned in Sound, April 20th, 2004
  5. ^ "Joy Zipper - American Whip" (Album Review), Uncut
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