- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Famously Alive
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1480
- Release Date
- March 25, 2022
-
Download
$9.99320 kbps, LAME-encoded
Genres
Press Release
Dig deep enough inside yourself -- start treating your body as your sanctuary rather than your enemy -- and eventually you'll find yourself blooming right back out into the sun. That's the transformation Guerilla Toss trace on their newest album Famously Alive, their effervescent Sub Pop debut. After a decade sprinkling glitter into grit, building a reputation as one of the most ferociously creative art-rock groups working, the upstate New York band have eased fully into their light. This is Guerilla Toss at their most luminescent -- awake, alive, and extending an open invitation to anyone who wants to soak it all up beside them.
Singer and lyricist Kassie Carlson, multi-instrumentalist Peter Negroponte and guitarist Arian Shafiee wrote Famously Alive at home in the Catskills during the pervading quiet of the pandemic year. The uncertainty of COVID-19 lockdowns and the total disruption of routine forced Carlson to negotiate with herself in new and challenging ways. "You have to be with yourself all the time during the pandemic," she says. "I had to figure out a way to manage my anxiety. The pandemic was hard, but it helped me get comfortable inside my own body. My peace of mind came out of being thrust into the deepest shit. This album is all about being happy, being alive, and strength. It’s meant to inspire people."
The album's title derives from a poem written by a close friend of the band, Jonny Tatelman, who supported Carlson through the early stages of her recovery from opiate addiction. The poem comprises the entirety of the lyrics to the title track, an exuberant ode to loving your own survival and charting a course into unconditional self-acceptance. "The song 'Famously Alive' is about living with purpose and excitement whether you’re famous or not, accepting your strangeness and thriving even if your successes look different than other people’s," notes Carlson. Negroponte adds. "I also like to think of it as a way to describe living through something traumatic and coming out of it a stronger, wiser person."
Throughout the record, Guerilla Toss meet themselves with curiosity, generosity, and acceptance even for the harder parts of being alive. Together with guitarist Arian Shafiee, Carlson and Negroponte cultivated a sound that spliced together psychedelic texturing and Krautrock syncopation with the gloss and glow of contemporary pop music. Carlson’s voice, its range now broadened by a recent venture into formal training, puts playful, searching vocal melodies and lyrics about reaching for yourself and holding fast in your own love atop ripples of Auto-Tune.
Famously Alive finds Guerilla Toss coming into the fullness of their power, celebrating their prismatic idiosyncrasies from a place of optimism and abundance. It is a joyous album, equal parts bizarre, accessible, and fun.
Digital Track List
-
1
Cannibal Capital
4:24
Buy
Cannibal Capital
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
2
Famously Alive
2:05
Buy
Famously Alive
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
3
Live Exponential
2:35
Buy
Live Exponential
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
4
Mermaid Airplane
2:58
Buy
Mermaid Airplane
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
5
Wild Fantasy
4:29
Buy
Wild Fantasy
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
6
Pyramid Humm
3:57
Buy
Pyramid Humm
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
7
Excitable Girls
2:38
Buy
Excitable Girls
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
8
I Got Spirit
3:05
Buy
I Got Spirit
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
9
Happy Me
4:07
Buy
Happy Me
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
10
Heathen In Me
3:13
Buy
Heathen In Me
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
Guerilla Toss
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Retwisted Crystal
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2664digital
- Release Date
- November 8, 2019
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Twisted Crystal
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2607cd
- Release Date
- September 14, 2018
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Jay Glass Dubs vs Guerilla Toss
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2572dig1
- Release Date
- October 9, 2017
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- GT Ultra
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2543cd
- Release Date
- May 19, 2017
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Live In Nashville
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2526dig1
- Release Date
- June 24, 2016
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Eraser Stargazer
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2482cd
- Release Date
- March 4, 2016
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Flood Dosed
- Label
- DFA Records
- Catalogue Number
- DFA2498dig1
- Release Date
- September 25, 2015
- Download
-
- Artist
- Guerilla Toss
- ReleaseProduct
- Smack the Brick
- Label
- NNA Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- NNA076
- Release Date
- November 17, 2014
- Download
Sub Pop Records
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Naima Bock
- ReleaseProduct
- Giant Palm
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1486
- Release Date
- July 1, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- ∑tella and Redinho
- ReleaseProduct
- Up and Away
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1483
- Release Date
- June 3, 2022
- LP (special)
- Download
-
- Artist
- Elevator To Hell
- ReleaseProduct
- Parts 1-3
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1508
- Release Date
- May 6, 2022
- Download
-
- Artist
- Suki Waterhouse
- ReleaseProduct
- I Can't Let Go
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1465
- Release Date
- May 6, 2022
- Download
-
- Artist
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
- ReleaseProduct
- Endless Rooms
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1499
- Release Date
- May 6, 2022
- Download
-
- Artist
- CHAI
- ReleaseProduct
- SURPRISE
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1526
- Release Date
- May 3, 2022
- Download
-
- Artist
- Father John Misty
- ReleaseProduct
- Chloë and the Next 20th Century
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1430
- Release Date
- April 8, 2022
- Download
-
- Artist
- Father John Misty
- ReleaseProduct
- Chloë and The Next 20th Century
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1430
- Release Date
- April 8, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
- Cassette
- Box Set
- Download
Alternative / Indie / Post-rock
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- OCH
- ReleaseProduct
- Pö om pö
- Label
- Rocket Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- Launch250
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Julia Reidy
- ReleaseProduct
- World in World
- Label
- Black Truffle
- Catalogue Number
- Black Truffle 088 D
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- LP
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Ty Segall
- ReleaseProduct
- Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Label
- Drag City
- Catalogue Number
- DC847
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- LP
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Sex Pistols
- ReleaseProduct
- The Original Recordings
- Label
- UMC
- Catalogue Number
- 4559560
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- LP (special)
-
- Artist
- Beach House
- ReleaseProduct
- Once Twice Melody
- Label
- Bella Union
- Catalogue Number
- BELLA1289DIG
- Release Date
- February 18, 2022
- LP
- CD
- Cassette
- Vinyl Boxset
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Flume
- ReleaseProduct
- Palaces
- Label
- Transgressive
- Catalogue Number
- TRANS619
- Release Date
- May 20, 2022
- LP
- CD
- Cassette
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Diatom Deli
- ReleaseProduct
- Time~Lapse Nature
- Label
- RVNG Intl.
- Catalogue Number
- RVNGNL79DIGITAL1
- Release Date
- May 13, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Blurt
- ReleaseProduct
- Uzi
- Label
- Improved Sequence
- Catalogue Number
- IMP039
- Release Date
- March 25, 2022
- 7″
Electronic and Electronica
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Tusken Raiders
- ReleaseProduct
- Housewerk Vol 1 & 2
- Label
- Furthur Electronix
- Catalogue Number
- FE073
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- LP
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Tony Rolando
- ReleaseProduct
- Breakin' Is A Memory
- Label
- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC502
- Release Date
- May 13, 2022
- LP
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Red Snapper
- ReleaseProduct
- Everybody Is Somebody
- Label
- Lo Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- LO210DA
- Release Date
- May 6, 2022
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Suemori
- ReleaseProduct
- Tawamure
- Label
- Modern Obscure Music
- Catalogue Number
- MOM032
- Release Date
- April 29, 2022
- LP
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Dr Doctor
- ReleaseProduct
- EV 002
- Label
- Expanding Vision
- Catalogue Number
- EV002
- Release Date
- June 3, 2022
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Jabu / Time Cow / Ossia
- ReleaseProduct
- Jabu - Time Cow & Ossia remixes
- Label
- Do You Have Peace?
- Catalogue Number
- DYHP006
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- 12”
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Daft Punk
- ReleaseProduct
- TRON: Legacy O.S.T.
- Label
- Walt Disney Records
- Catalogue Number
- DSND0013561011PMI
- Release Date
- April 19, 2011
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Aleksi Perälä
- ReleaseProduct
- CYCLES 12 ?
- Label
- AP Musik
- Catalogue Number
- APMU71
- Release Date
- May 30, 2022
- Download
Limited Editions
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Galya Bisengalieva
- ReleaseProduct
- Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive
- Label
- One Little Independent
- Catalogue Number
- TPLP1755
- Release Date
- July 22, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Duet Emmo
- ReleaseProduct
- Or So It Seems
- Label
- Mute
- Catalogue Number
- ISTUMM11
- Release Date
- January 1, 1983
- LP (special)
- CD
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- ∑tella and Redinho
- ReleaseProduct
- Up and Away
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SP1483
- Release Date
- June 3, 2022
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Robert Turman
- ReleaseProduct
- Flux
- Label
- Spectrum Spools
- Catalogue Number
- SP010
- Release Date
- February 9, 2012
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Belong
- ReleaseProduct
- October Language
- Label
- Spectrum Spools
- Catalogue Number
- SP046
- Release Date
- April 20, 2018
- LP
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Morphology
- ReleaseProduct
- Destroit
- Label
- Altered Sense
- Catalogue Number
- AS015
- Release Date
- June 3, 2022
- 12”
- Pre-order
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Rina Sawayama
- ReleaseProduct
- Hold The Girl
- Label
- Dirty Hit
- Catalogue Number
- DH01510
- Release Date
- September 2, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD