Mulholland Drive (album)
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| Released | August 27, 2021 | |||
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| Length | 39:00 | |||
| Label | Lex | |||
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Mulholland Drive is the fourth studio album by Filipino singer-songwriter Eyedress, released on August 27, 2021, through Lex Records. Unlike previous Eyedress albums, Mulholland Drive features guest producers and artists on the majority of the tracks.
The album sleeve was created by design collective Brain Dead.[1] Mulholland Drive includes a track named "Brain Dead". Eyedress held a launch party for Mulholland Drive at the Brain Dead Studios on August 23, a movie theatre in the Fairfax District, Los Angeles, and also used the same location to film a video for the track "Chad An Gordy".[2]
To promote the album Eyedress appeared on the cover the July 2021 issue of Alternative Press Magazine[3] and co-hosted the Travis Mills Show on Apple Music 1 on September 14, playing the whole album and talking through the album track by track.[4]
Shortly after the album release, "Something About You" went viral in the US with Rolling Stone citing the track as the fastest-rising song on American streaming services for the week ending September 23,[5] and was certified Gold in the USA in May 2022 and platinum in October 2023.[6]
Reception[edit]
In a positive review BrooklynVegan described the album as a collection of "catchy, melted pop songs",[7] The A.V. Club said the songs "range from lo-fi R&B ('Prada') to aggressive and distorted post-punk ('Brain Dead'), on through to the unabashed '70s slow-jam camp of 'Something About You,' complete with a whispered 'so sexy'—delivered totally straight-faced",[8] The Fader wrote "'Something About You' is a smitten indie soft-rock ballad"[9] while Loud and Quiet noted "very little can prepare you for the sleazy French noir porno whispers of 'Dom Perignon' on the happy-go-lucky 'Something About You (feat. Dent May)'."[10]
Writing in Billboard, Joe Lynch highlighted album track "Body Dysmorphia" describing it as a "dreamy, gauzy afternoon haze... a gorgeous cut from new album Mulholland Drive that seems written to answer the question, 'What would it sound like if the Cure did a shoegaze song?' The answer: just like this—which is to say, just like heaven."[11]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mulholland Drive" | Idris Vicuña, John Maus | John Maus | 2:16 |
| 2. | "Midnight on a Sunny Day" (featuring Bee Eyes) | Vicuña, Julius Valledor | Eyedress | 2:43 |
| 3. | "Something About You" (featuring Dent May) | Vicuña, Dent May Jr | Eyedress | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Long Nights at the 711" | Vicuña | Eyedress | 1:16 |
| 5. | "Fulfill the Dream" (featuring Vex Ruffin) | Vicuña, Ryan Africa | Eyedress | 1:36 |
| 6. | "Spit on Your Grave" | Vicuña | Eyedress | 1:39 |
| 7. | "Brain Dead" | Vicuña | Eyedress | 2:25 |
| 8. | "Dancing with My Demons" (featuring Paul Cherry) | Vicuña, Paul Cherewick | Eyedress | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Body Dysmorphia" | Vicuña | Eyedress | 2:05 |
| 10. | "Want You There Tomorrow" | Vicuña | Eyedress | 2:13 |
| 11. | "Chad an Gordy" (featuring King Krule) | Vicuña, Archy Marshall | King Krule | 2:10 |
| 12. | "Ride or Die" (featuring Satchy) | Vicuña, Satchell Brown | Eyedress | 3:59 |
| 13. | "Keep It Real with You" (featuring Elvia and Dâm-Funk) | Vicuña, Damon Riddick, Elvia Padron | Dām-Funk | 2:43 |
| 14. | "You Know Me" | Vicuña | Eyedress | 3:32 |
| 15. | "Prada" (featuring Triathlon) | Vicuña, Adam E Intrantor, Chad Scott Chilton, David Hunter Jayne | Eyedress | 4:21 |
References[edit]
- ^ Chen, Kirsten. "End Your Summer with Eyedress' New Album "Mulholland Drive"". Hypebeast. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Chen, Kirsten. "Eyedress Shares Pain-filled Video for Song Produced by King Krule". Hypebeast. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Owens, Paige (9 July 2021). "Meet the new cover stars of issue 396". Alternative Press.
- ^ "Eyedress The Artist Goes Track By Track On His New Album". Retrieved 1 October 2021 – via Apple Music.
- ^ "Trending 25 The fastest-rising songs of the week". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "American certifications – Eyedress". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Fred. "Indie Basement (8/27): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ McLevy, Alex. "Lorde, Liars, and the other must-hear albums of August 2021". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Eyedress shares two new songs 'Spit on Your Grave' and 'Something About You' featuring Dent May". The Fader. 3 June 2021.
- ^ Rankine, Ollie. "After a long time floundering, Eyedress is at least beginning to kick into gear". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Lynch, Joe (30 August 2021). "10 Cool New Pop Songs to Get You Through The Week: CL, Kim Petras, Sevyn Streeter & More". Billboard.
