Structure & Cosmetics

Structure & Cosmetics
Studio album by The Brunettes
Released	30 July 2007 (NZ) August 7, 2007 (USA)
Genre	Indie pop
Length	38:48
Label	Lil' Chief Records Sub Pop
Producer	Jonathan Bree
The Brunettes chronology
When Ice Met Cream (2005) Structure & Cosmetics (2007)
Lil' Chief Records chronology
Down at Your Life (2006) Structure & Cosmetics (2007) Lichen Ears EP (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
CMJ	favorable[1]
Crawdaddy	favorable[2]
NME	8/10[3]
Pitchfork Media	7.3/10 link
Sunday Star Times	link

Structure & Cosmetics is the third album by New Zealand band The Brunettes, and their first album to be released on Sub Pop in the USA. The album was released on 30 July 2007 in New Zealand on Lil' Chief Records and on August 7, 2007 in North America.

Track listing

1. "Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth (B-A-B-Y)" - 4:15
2. "Stereo (Mono Mono)" - 5:03
3. "Her Hairagami Set" - 4:39
4. "Credit Card Mail Order" - 4:11
5. "Obligatory Road Song" - 4:12
6. "Small Town Crew" - 3:52
7. "If You Were Alien" - 4:28
8. "Wall Poster Star" - 3:34
9. "Structure & Cosmetics" - 4:34

Personnel

• Heather Mansfield - vocals, organ, piano, clarinet, melodica, glockenspiel, harmonica.
• Jonathan Bree - vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers, drums, rhodes, mellotron.
• James Milne - backing vocals and bass on tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9.
• Ryan McPhun - backing vocals and drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9.
• Harry Cundy - trumpet.
• Jamie Power - drums on tracks 6 and 8.
• William Cotton - backing vocals, tenor saxophone, celeste.
• Dionne Taylor - lapsteel.

Track Usage

• The song "Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth" features in an advertisement for Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, which debuted in December 2007.

References

1. CMJ, August 2007
2. Crawdaddy, 8 Aug 2007
3. NME, 11 March 2007, p.49

External links

• New Zealand Herald article on Structure & Cosmetics
• Lil' Chief Records: The Brunettes
• Lil' Chief Records
• The Brunettes on MySpace