Hang (Foxygen album)

Hang is the fifth studio album by American indie rock duo Foxygen, released on January 20, 2017 on Jagjaguwar.

Hang
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2017
Studio
  • Electro-Vox Studios
  • (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Spacebomb Studios
  • (Richmond, VA)
Genre
Length32:18
LabelJagjaguwar
ProducerFoxygen
Foxygen chronology
...And Star Power
(2014)
Hang
(2017)
Seeing Other People
(2019)

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork7/10 [3]
The Observer[4]
NME[5]

In a mostly positive review for Pitchfork, Evan Rytlewski praised the album's stylistic departure from its predecessor, ...And Star Power, and its high concept direction: "Hang is the kind of investment of time, money, and patience a band can only make if they intend to stick around for a while, an audacious timpani crash of an album that satirizes its own grandiosity in real time."[3] Writing for NME magazine, Ben Homewood gave the album a positive review, saying "...don’t take this sumptuous fifth record ... as a step towards convention. ‘Hang’ may be crisp, clear and smooth, but Foxygen are still very much a force for chaos." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Foxygen.

No.TitleLength
1."Follow the Leader"4:13
2."Avalon"3:46
3."Mrs. Adams"4:29
4."America"5:19
5."On Lankershim"2:59
6."Upon a Hill"1:37
7."Trauma"4:45
8."Rise Up"5:10

Personnel

  • Sam France - vocals, backing vocals
  • Jonathan Rado - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion

Additional musicians

  • Michael D’Addario - percussion
  • Brian D’Addario - acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano
  • Trey Pollard - conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Matthew E. White - arranger
  • Bryce McCormick - score preparation
  • Grace Bauson - harp
  • Stephaine Barrett - cello
  • Jason McComb - cello
  • Shara Stamps - cello
  • Treesa Gold - string contractor, violin
  • Anna Bishop - violin
  • Elise Blake - violin
  • Faith Hofma - violin
  • Stacy Matthews - violin
  • Adrian Pintea - violin
  • Melissa Sunderland - violin
  • Tom Stevens - viola
  • Johanna Beaver - viola
  • Pinson Chanselle - chimes, timpani
  • Reginald Chapman - trombone
  • Scott Flynn - trombone
  • Bryan Hooten - trombone
  • Toby Whitaker - trombone
  • JC Kuhl - saxophone (tenor)
  • Suzi Fischer - saxophone
  • Kevin Simpson - saxophone
  • Bob Miller - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Rob Quallich - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Taylor Barnett - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Marcus Tenney - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Rick Reiger - clarinet, saxophone
  • Jason Scott - clarinet, saxophone
  • John Winn - clarinet, saxophone
  • Lauren Serpa - flute
  • Anthony Smith - flute, piccolo flute
  • Laura Smith – oboe
  • Victoria Hamrick - English horn, oboe
  • Erin Lano - French horn
  • Rachel Velvikis - French horn
  • Amanda Winger - French horn
  • Stephanie Ycaza - tuba

Production

  • Foxygen - production
  • Adrian Olsen - engineer
  • Michael Harris - engineer
  • Christopher Cerullo - assistant engineer
  • Cian Riordan - mixing
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering


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References

  1. "Hang - Foxygen". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. Donelson, Marcy. "Hang – Foxygen". All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  3. Rytlewski, Evan (January 16, 2017). "Foxygen: Hang Album Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. McNulty, Bernadette (January 22, 2017). "Foxygen: Hang review – an invigorating blast of perpetual motion". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. Homewood, Ben. "Foxygen - 'Hang' Review". Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  6. Wright, Lisa (January 18, 2013). "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic – Foxygen". NME.
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