Predatory Headlights

Predatory Headlights
Studio album by Tenement
Released	June 2, 2015
Recorded	2012 to 2014
Genre	Punk/Pop
Length	78:00
Label	Don Giovanni
Producer	Amos Pitsch, Justin Perkins
Tenement chronology
Bruised Music, Volume 1 (2015) Predatory Headlights (2015)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The New York Times	Favorable[1]
Punknews	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Sputnik Music	[4]
Pitchfork	[5]
Washington Post	Favorable[6]
Spin	[7]

Predatory Headlights is a double album by Appleton, Wisconsin based rock group, Tenement. It was released in June 2015 by New York based record label, Don Giovanni Records. Perhaps due to its length and frequent genre cross-over, it was initially ignored by many established music publications; eventually ending up on Rolling Stone Magazine's "15 Great Albums You Didn't Hear In 2015" ^[8] and Spin Magazine's "2015 Overlooked Albums Report".^[9]

Reception

The New York Times: "Mr. Pitsch will write half of a song that could have been a modern-rock radio hit 20 years ago, then break through the three-minute barrier and move the ABA form toward C, D, and E sections, minimalism, drones and process music. About a third of the album uses a compositional palette of strings, out-of-tune pianos, household percussion instruments and outdoor recordings. None of it is haphazard; every song is a puzzle, an attempt to connect varied impulses, shaped with a beginning and an end."

Allmusic: "With some judicious trimming, Predatory Headlights could have been a creative breakthrough and a great listen from front to back; as it is, this is a good album whose occasional nosedives into pretentiousness keep it from being great, though despite its flaws, it's well worth a listen and confirms Tenement are a band with remarkable promise."

Punknews: " A strange dichotomy is achieved on this album between that which is melodic and poppy, and that which is dark and atmospheric. It is jarring, and for the most part it works to lend Tenement a certain depth of artistry that many contemporaries are unable to bring to the table. It ultimately serves to make Tenement a more interesting, complex musical entity."

Track listing

All compositions by Amos Pitsch.

1. "Theme of The Cuckoo"
2. "Crop Circle Nation"
3. "Dull Joy"
4. "Feral Cat Tribe"
5. "The Shriveled Finger"
6. "Harvest Time (Has Come)"
7. "Under The Storm Clouds"
8. "Ants & Flies"
9. "Garden of Secrecy"
10. "The Butcher"
11. "Whispering Kids"
12. "Curtains Closed"
13. "Why Are We Where We Are"
14. "You Keep Me Cool"
15. "Cold The Pavement Is"
16. "Heavy Odor"
17. "A Frightening Place for Normal People"
18. "Licking A Wound"
19. "I'm Your Super Glue"
20. "Hive of Hives"
21. "The Dishwasher's Meal"
22. "Keep Your Mouth Shut"
23. "Foreign Phrase"
24. "Near You"
25. "Afraid of The Unknown"

References

1. Template:New York Times
2. Tenement: "Predatory Headlights" > Review on Punknews.org. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
3. Deming, Mark. Tenement: "Predatory Headlights" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
4. Template:Sputnik Music
6. Template:Washington Post
8. Dolan, John (18 December 2015). "15 Great Albums You Didn't Hear In 2015". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
9. Weiss, Dan (18 September 2015). "SPIN Overlooked Albums Report: Tenement’s Sprawling Half-Time Punk, Matana Roberts’ Free Sax Collages". Spin. SpinMedia. Retrieved 24 April 2016.