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Revision as of 06:03, 18 October 2019

Pang
File:CarolinePolachek-PangCover.jpg
Studio album by
Caroline Polachek
ReleasedOctober 18, 2019
Recorded2016–2019
Length46:30
Label
Producer
Caroline Polachek chronology
Drawing the Target Around the Arrow
(2017) 		Pang
(2019)
Singles from Pang
  1. "Door"
    Released: June 19, 2019
  2. "Ocean of Tears"
    Released: July 24, 2019
  3. "Parachute"
    Released: July 24, 2019
  4. "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings"
    Released: September 16, 2019
  5. "Look at Me Now"
    Released: October 14, 2019

Pang (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by American singer Caroline Polachek. It was released by Sony Music, The Orchard, and Perpetual Novice on October 18, 2019.[1][2] Pang is Polachek's first solo effort released under her own name.[3]

Background and recording

In 2017, Polachek began working frequently with PC Music producers Danny L Harle and A. G. Cook after the dissolution of her band Chairlift. She appeared on Harle's single "Ashes of Love" back in 2016, and she also began collaborating with him and Cook in contributions with other artists, such as Superfruit and Charli XCX.[4][5] In an interview with Dazed, Polachek revealed what it was like to work with a range of different people, noting that "Working with different artists is always a learning experience, a new skill for the tool belt, even when it's more about realising what doesn't work." She elaborated, saying that she feels more in control of the things she writes and produces, and that she's "...Ultimately the one in control, the one who is filtering and controlling the palette in real time. I don't leave it up to someone else. It's actually more and more liberating to just get in and start making stuff."[6] Throughout the duration of 2018, Polachek shared a number of images of her in the studio to record material and hinted at the possibility of working on an album in their captions.[7]

Release

Pang was released on October 18, 2019, by Sony Music, specifically on Perpetual Novice, Polachek's imprint under The Orchard.[1][2]

Singles

In 2019, Polachek released the album's lead single "Door", which was the first to be released under her own name (she previously released music under the names 'Ramona Lisa' and 'CEP').[3] It was also accompanied by a music video, directed by Polachek herself alongside London-based artist Matt Copson. The song was revealed by a press release as "the first taste of a forthcoming, larger solo project from Caroline to be released later this year."[8] rumouring further that the album could possibly have more than over 18 tracks. In an interview with Vogue, Polachek expressed her surprise that her label was happy to lead with "Door" as the first single, explaining "it's such a long and winding song. There are songs on the record that are a bit more twisty and moody. And this one feels like, no pun intended, an open door. It feels like an invitation."[9]

The following month, she announced that she was to release two more cuts from the album "Ocean of Tears" and "Parachute". With their release sparked the announcement of the album, under the title Pang and its scheduled release period of sometime in fall of 2019. Polachek made both records with Danny L Harle, the sometime collaborator with Charli XCX and Carly Rae Jepsen. A. G. Cook also contributed production to "Ocean of Tears", alongside Valley Girl. Of the song "Parachute", Polachek said in a press release, "It was an incredible moment, realizing that this melody we'd written was unintentionally re-telling a dream I'd been shaken by. I went home, re-drafted the words to fit, and came back to the studio at 1 am to record the vocal the same day. And that's the take we kept. From that moment on, Dan and I knew we had a lot more work to do together."[10]

In September 2019, she released the album's fourth single "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings", which was co-written with Shawn Mendes affiliate Teddy Geiger.[11][12] Consequence of Sound reviewed the track with the statement, "While previous tracks "Parachute" and "Ocean of Tears" served up ethereal tones, "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" has a little more pep in its step. With a hint of an '80s pop vibe, Polachek's vocals ping-pong off the synths as she sings the refrain".[1] Around the same time, Polachek announced the album's release date of October 18, 2019.[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Gate"Caroline PolachekPolachek1:42
2."Pang"
3:33
3."New Normal"
  • Polachek
  • Harle
  • Polachek
  • Harle
2:34
4."Hit Me Where It Hurts"
  • Polachek
  • Wyatt
3:04
5."I Give Up"
3:06
6."Look at Me Now"
  • Polachek
  • Harle
  • Nigro
  • Polachek
  • Nigro
  • Harle
3:03
7."Insomnia"
  • Polachek
  • Harle
  • Polachek
  • Harle
3:14
8."Ocean of Tears"
  • Polachek
  • Nathaniel Campany
  • Kyle Shearer
3:25
9."Hey Big Eyes"Polachek 3:54
10."Go as a Dream"
 3:27
11."Caroline Shut Up"
  • Polachek
  • Harle
 3:32
12."So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings"
  • Polachek
  • Nigro
3:03
13."Door"
  • Polachek
  • Nigro
  • Stack
  • Harle
  • Polachek
  • Nigro
  • Stack
  • Harle[a]
5:22
14."Parachute"
  • Polachek
  • Harle
  • Polachek
  • Harle
3:32
Total length:46:30

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Caroline Polachek confirms Pang release date, shares "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings": Stream". Consequence of Sound. September 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b @carolineplz (October 7, 2019). "Pang LP now available to pre-order / On clear gold-streaked vinyl with double sided poster / Designed by @tmthyluke / Excited to announce I've switched lanes within the Sony family to release Pang via The Orchard under my own imprint, Perpetual Novice 🗝" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b "Caroline Polachek – "Door"". Stereogum. June 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Caroline Polachek, Danny L Harle Team With Superfruit (Pentatonix) for TK". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ "Charli XCX drops new mixtape Pop2: Stream/download". Consequence of Sound. December 15, 2017.
  6. ^ "Caroline Polachek is taking control of her own narrative". Dazeddigital.com. May 22, 2018.
  7. ^ @carolineplz (April 4, 2018). "Whole lot of this at the moment" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Sicurella, Savannah. "Caroline Polachek, Formerly of Chairlift, Releases First Proper Solo Track, "Door"". Paste.
  9. ^ "Step into the Surreal New World of Caroline Polachek's First Solo Track". Vogue.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Monroe, Jazz (July 24, 2019). "Chairlift's Caroline Polachek Announces New Album Pang, Shares 2 Songs: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  11. ^ https://theinterns.net/2019/09/17/caroline-polacheks-so-hot-youre-hurting-my-feelings-is-so-hot-its-hurting-our-feelings/
  12. ^ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/so%20hot%20youre%20hurting%20my%20feelings/writer/teddy%20geiger
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