| Solid State Mercenaries | ||||
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| Released | April 21, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2003-2013 | |||
| Genre | Experimental | |||
| Length | 39:23 | |||
| Label | Ipecac Recordings | |||
| Producer | Omar Rodríguez-López | |||
| Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology | ||||
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Solid State Mercenaries is the forty-sixth album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on April 21, 2017. It is the twenty-first release in the album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, the ninth of the 2017 series.
Original release schedule listed a different title, Baby Teeth Farm. It's unknown whether this title was meant for this album, or a different release altogether.
Original release date was May 5, 2017.
"Congenial Censor" was released as a preview single on April 7, 2017
Album Info[]
The album cover is a still from Omar's band "Bosnian Rainbows" music video "Turtle Neck". "Lightning Round" is a different version of "Sequester Chagall" from "Roman Lips" (2017). "Try On Little Man" is a combination of "Sueños Salvajes" from "Equinox" (2013) and "Bayamón Puerto Rico" from "Woman Gives Birth To Tomato!".
Track listing[]
All music composed by Omar Rodríguez-López.
- Bought Some Faith - 3:43
- Sinister Page - 3:48
- Congenial Censor - 2:27
- Lightning Round - 3:29
- Killing Out the Special Tide - 5:00
- Five Star - 3:42
- Strangled Maybes - 5:01
- Mommy Dearest - 2:10
- Your Hazard Name - 5:36
- Try On Little Man - 4:27
Personnel[]
- Musicians
- Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards
- Adrián Terrazas-González - saxophone
- Jon Theodore - drums
- Thomas Pridgen - drums
- Deantoni Parks - drums
Release history[]
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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| Worldwide | April 21, 2017 | Ipecac Recordings | Digital download |
