Kiss My Super Bowl Ring

Kiss My Super Bowl Ring is the fourth studio album by American experimental rock duo The Garden. The album was released on March 13, 2020 through Epitaph Records.

Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
Studio album by
The Garden
ReleasedMarch 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
StudioSenhorse Studios[1]
Genre
Length35:07
LabelEpitaph
ProducerDylan Brady,[1] Jamie Bulled
The Garden chronology
Mirror Might Steal Your Charm
(2018)		 Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
(2020)
Singles from Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
  1. "Clench To Stay Awake"
    Released: January 15, 2020[4]

Background

The album was announced on January 16, 2020 along with the release of the lead-off single, "Clench to Stay Awake".[5]

As with the band's previous releases, the album is self produced; however, the tracks "Hit Eject" and "Lurkin'" were produced by 100 Gecs member Dylan Brady,[1] and the track "Sneaky Devil" was produced by Kero Kero Bonito member Jamie Bulled under his solo project WHARFWHIT.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year72/100[6]
Metacritic71/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Exclaim!8/10[8]
NME[2]
Pitchfork6.4/10[3]

Kiss My Super Bowl Ring received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, the album has an average rating of 71 out of 100 indicating "generally favorable reviews based on 5 critics".[7] On Album of the Year, the album has an average rating of 65 out of 100 based on eight critic reviews.

Writing for, Exclaim!, Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette, gave Kiss My Super Bowl Ring a positive review, praising the seamless fusions of genre-crossing and the chemistry between Wyatt and Fletcher Shears.[8] Nafekh-Blanchette said the album is "their most viscerally intense release thus far".[8] Further, Nafekh-Blanchette said that the album "has the Garden screaming as much as they are singing, and transitioning between the two within a matter of seconds. Somehow, the Shears brothers are able to make it work". Nafekh-Blanchette gave the album an 8 out of 10.[8]

In a mixed review, Abby Jones, writing for Pitchfork said that Kiss My Super Bowl Ring is "proudly defiant; the title, Wyatt has clarified, essentially means “kiss my ass.” But where deviation from the norm has spawned countless artistic geniuses, Super Bowl Ring too often comes off as just a hodgepodge of ideas. “Vada vada,” it seems, has hurt the Garden as much as it's helped them."[3] Jones ultimately gave the album a 6.4 out of 10.[3]

Maria Lewczyk, writing for NME, gave the album four stars out of five.[2] Lewczyk praised the music's unique sound compared to many of their rock music contemporaries. Of the sound, Lewczyk said, "you get the overarching sense that they are more than a little bored with the current musical landscape and want to inject it with their own restless brand of creativity. If this is art rock, then the Shears brothers have crafted a pretty damn impressive collage."[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Wyatt and Fletcher Shears.

Kiss My Super Bowl Ring track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Clench to Stay Awake"3:18
2."A Struggle"3:40
3."Sneaky Devil"3:03
4."Kiss My Super Bowl Ring"3:06
5."A Fool's Expedition"3:09
6."AMPM Truck"3:40
7."Hit Eject"3:06
8."The King Of Cutting Corners"2:37
9."Lurkin'" (featuring Khalif Jones)3:02
10."Lowrider Slug" (featuring Ariel Pink)4:20
11."Please, Fuck Off"2:17
Total length:35:07

Personnel

The following individuals were credited with the production of the album:[1]

The Garden
  • Fletcher Shears – drums, electronics, vocals
  • Wyatt Shears – bass, electronics, guitars, vocals
Additional personnel
  • Khalif Jones – additional vocals on “Lurkin’”
  • Ariel Pink – additional vocals on “Lowrider Slug”
  • Dylan Brady – producer on “Hit Eject” and “Lurkin’”
  • Jamie Bulled - producer on “Sneaky Devil”
  • Carrot Top – vocal samples
  • Samur Khouja – engineer, mixing
  • Jim Kissling – mastering
  • Wharfwhit – producer, vocal samples
  • Alex Petty – artwork
  • Ashley Clue – assistant art director, photography

References
  1. Monger, Timothy. Review of Kiss My Super Bowl Ring at AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. Lewczyk, Maria (March 12, 2020). "The Garden – 'Kiss My Super Bowl Ring' review: an impressive collage of scattered, urgent art-rock". New Music Express. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. Jones, Abby (March 16, 2020). "The Garden: Kiss My Super Bowl Ring Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. Bronson, Kevin (January 15, 2020). "Stream: The Garden, 'Clench to Stay Awake'". Buzzbands.la. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  5. Vigil, Dom (January 16, 2020). "The Garden Announce New Album, "Kiss My Super Bowl Ring" and Share New Track, "Clench To Stay Awake"". The Prelude Press. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  6. "The Garden - Kiss My Super Bowl Ring - Reviews". Album of the Year. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  7. "Kiss My Super Bowl Ring by The Garden Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  8. Nafekh-Blanchette, Spencer (March 11, 2020). "The Garden Kiss My Super Bowl Ring". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
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