Tyranny (Julian Casablancas+The Voidz album)

Tyranny
Studio album by Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
Released	September 23, 2014
Recorded	2013–14
Genre	Experimental rock noise rock psychedelic rock neo-psychedelia post-punk
Length	1:02:25
Label	Cult
Producer	Shawn Everett
Julian Casablancas chronology
Phrazes for the Young (2009) Tyranny (2014)
Singles from Tyranny
"Human Sadness" Released: September 2, 2014[1] "Where No Eagles Fly" Released: September 9, 2014[2]

Tyranny is the first studio album by American band Julian Casablancas+The Voidz, which was released on September 23, 2014 by Casablancas's label, Cult Records.^[3] 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.^[2] On September 19, Tyranny was made available to stream on the websites of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Media.

The album was placed 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014 list.^[4]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	(9.75/10)[6]
Exclaim!	(8/10)[7]
Pretty Much Amazing	B[8]
Clash	(7/10)[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Consequence of Sound	Favourable[11]
The Line of Best Fit	(6.5/10)[12]
NME	(6/10)[13]
AllMusic	[14]
Paste	(6/10)[15]
Pitchfork Media	(4.9/10)[16]

Reception

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."^[17] Paste gave it 6.0,^[18] while Exclaim! gave it 8 out of 10, calling it "a seriously sad album...compelling."^[19] 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."^[20] Benji Taylor of Clash Magazine gave the album 7/10, calling it "a weirdly wonderful mesh of awkward time signatures, unconventional song structures and, in general, unbridled madness".^[21]

GQ printed in a 2014 interview with Casblancas 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?"[22]

”

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Julian Casablancas, except where noted^[3]. 

No.	Title	Length
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

• Julian Casablancas - vocals

The Voidz

• Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter - guitar
• Amir Yaghmai - guitar
• Jacob "Jake" Bercovici - bass guitar, synthesizers
• Alex Carapetis - drums, percussion
• Jeff Kite - keys

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)[23]	176
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24]	128
French Albums (SNEP)[25]	90

References

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2. Camp, Zoe (September 9, 2014). "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Release "Where No Eagles Fly" Video, Awesome Single Artwork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
3. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas,Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
4. "NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014". NME. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
5. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas & the Voidz". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
6. Loucaides, Darren. "Album Review: Julian Casablancas & the Voidz - Tyranny". Drowned in Sound. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
7. Simpson, Scott. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
8. Miller, Matthew. "Review: Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Pretty Much Amazing. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
9. Taylor, Benji. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Clash Music. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
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11. Roffman, Michael. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
12. Bull, John. "Tyranny by Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
13. Perry, Kevin. "NME Reviews - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". NME. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
14. Phares, Heather. "Tyranny - Julian Casablancas+the Voidz". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
15. Cosores, Philip. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Paste. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
16. Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz - Tyranny". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
17. Hermes, Will (2014) "Tyranny Julian Casbalancas+the Voidz", Rolling Stone, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
18. Cosores, Philip (2014) "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz: Tyranny Review", Paste, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
19. Simpson, Scott (2014) "Julian Casablancas+the Voidz Tyranny", Exclaim!, September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014
20. Villa, Lucas (September 27, 2014). "Album review: Julian Casablancas+The Voidz's 'Tyranny' is a hell of a statement". AXS.
21. Taylor, Benji (2014) "http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/julian-casablancas-the-voidz-tyranny"
22. Baron, Zack. "Julian Casablancas Is Done Trying to Save You". GQ. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
23. "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
24. "Ultratop.be – Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny" (in French). Hung Medien.
25. "Lescharts.com – Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny". Hung Medien.