Name: Groove Denied
Brand: Stephen Malkmus

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

WIGCD452

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Colour

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

With Poster.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-03-15

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0887828045228

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

WIGLP452

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black

Black Vinyl.

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0887828045211

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Stephen Malkmus

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Domino

The rumours are true: the secret electronic album that Stephen Malkmus has been telling everyone about will see the light of day on Domino. But Groove Denied is not a full-blown plunge into EDM or hiptronica. In fact, there aren’t any purely instrumental tracks on the album. Every song is precisely that: a song, featuring Malkmus staples like an artfully askew melody and an oblique lyric. Groove Denied is Stephen playing hooky from his customary way of going about things, jolting himself out of a routine. As Malkmus commented, “It’s fun to mess with things that you’re not supposed to.”

The first taste of Stephen’s new groove was Viktor Borgia. The title playfully merges the name of the comedian-pianist and the ruthless dynasty of Italo-Spanish nobles. With its stately melody and the almost-English-accented vocal, the coordinates here are early Human League or even Men Without Hats. “I was thinking things like Pete Shelley’s ‘Homosapien’, the Human League, and DIY synth music circa 1982,” says Stephen, adding “and also about how in the New Wave Eighties, these suburban 18-and-over dance clubs were where all the freaks would meet – a sanctuary.”

Groove Denied

Music GB