Tyranny (The Voidz album)

Tyranny is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Voidz (formerly and marketed as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz), released on September 23, 2014 through Cult.[4] The first single from the album, the 11-minute track "Human Sadness", was released on September 2, 2014. The music video for the second single "Where No Eagles Fly" was directed by guitarist Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter.[3] On September 19, Tyranny was made available to stream on the websites of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.

Tyranny
Studio album by
Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014
Recorded2013–14
Genre
Length62:25
LabelCult
ProducerShawn Everett
The Voidz chronology
Tyranny
(2014)		 Virtue
(2018)
Singles from Tyranny
  1. "Human Sadness"
    Released: September 2, 2014[2]
  2. "Where No Eagles Fly"
    Released: September 9, 2014[3]

The album was placed 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.[5]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Clash(7/10)[8]
Consequence of SoundFavorable[9]
Drowned in Sound(9.75/10)[10]
Exclaim!(8/10)[11]
The Line of Best Fit(6.5/10)[12]
NME(6/10)[13]
Paste(6/10)[14]
Pitchfork(4.9/10)[15]
Rolling Stone[16]

Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars, calling it "the sound of a man shedding his skin. Not pretty, but more compelling for it."[16] Paste gave it 6.0,[14] while Exclaim! gave it 8 out of 10, calling it "a seriously sad album...compelling."[11] Lucas Villa of AXS awarded four out of five stars, writing, "Casablancas continues to exercise his experimental muscle in the most raucous ways with The Voidz in tow."[17] Benji Taylor of Clash gave the album 7/10, calling it "a weirdly wonderful mesh of awkward time signatures, unconventional song structures and, in general, unbridled madness".[8]

GQ printed in a 2014 interview with Casablancas entitled, "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You",

The record's called Tyranny, and that's sort of what it's about, Casablancas says: rapacious oil companies and a not-so-free press and environmental depredation. Money. Health care. Nightmares. The moon. "It's not very sexy to talk about these things, especially in a place like America, where things are, like, the best. But it just feels like we’re inside that Versailles bubble, you know?"[18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted[4].

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me in Your Army" (Jake Bercovici, Casablancas)4:20
2."Crunch Punch"4:50
3."M.utually A.ssured D.estruction"2:31
4."Human Sadness" (Alex Carapetis, Casablancas)10:56
5."Where No Eagles Fly" (Bercovici, Casablancas)3:44
6."Father Electricity"7:23
7."Johan Von Bronx"5:58
8."Business Dog" (Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter)2:35
9."Xerox"5:01
10."Dare I Care"6:07
11."Nintendo Blood"5:53
12."Off to War..."3:17
Total length:1:02:25

Personnel

Production and others
  • Shawn Everett – production, mixing
  • Ryan Fagman – additional engineering on "Dare I Care", "Xerox", "Nintendo Blood" and "Crunch Punch"
  • J. P. Bowersock – guru for "Crunch Punch", "Human Sadness" and "Take Me in Your Army"
  • Mike Bloom – additional guitar on "Dare I Care"
  • Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering, LA
  • Dave Kutch – additional mastering at The Mastering Palace, NYC
  • Emily Lazar – additional mastering at The Lodge, NYC
  • Warren Fu – artwork
  • Liz Hirsch – artwork
  • Sam Adoquei – "The Visit of Govindu" artwork
  • El Teneen – "Chessboard" artwork
  • Richard Priest – management crew
  • Lysee Webb – management crew
  • Jack Rovner – management crew

Charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 176
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 128
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 90
US Billboard 200 39
US Billboard Alternative Albums 2
US Billboard Rock Albums 10

References
  1. Patterson, Adreon (January 23, 2018). "Listen to The Voidz's First New Single in Nearly Four Years, "Leave It in My Dreams"". Paste. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. Beauchemin, Molly (September 2, 2014). "Julian Casablancas and The Voidz Share Eleven-Minute "Human Sadness", Tyranny Tracklist". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. Camp, Zoe (September 9, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Release "Where No Eagles Fly" Video, Awesome Single Artwork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas,Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  5. "NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014". NME. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  6. "Tyranny – Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". Metacritic. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  7. Phares, Heather. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  8. Taylor, Benji (September 30, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Clash Music. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  9. Roffman, Michael (September 18, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  10. Loucaides, Darren (October 14, 2014). "Album Review: Julian Casablancas & the Voidz - Tyranny". Drowned in Sound. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  11. Simpson, Scott (September 23, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  12. Bull, John (October 16, 2014). "Tyranny by Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  13. Perry, Kevin (October 13, 2014). "NME Reviews - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". NME. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  14. Cosores, Philip (September 23, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Paste. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  15. Fitzmaurice, Larry (September 25, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  16. Hermes, Will (September 23, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  17. Villa, Lucas (September 27, 2014). "Album review: Julian Casablancas+The Voidz's 'Tyranny' is a hell of a statement". AXS.
  18. Baron, Zack. "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You". GQ. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  19. "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas %2B The Voidz – Tyranny" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  20. "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas %2B The Voidz – Tyranny" (in French). Hung Medien.
  21. "Lescharts.com – Julian Casablancas %2B The Voidz – Tyranny". Hung Medien.
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