Soused is a collaborative album between singer Scott Walker and experimental metal band Sunn O))). Announced in early 2014 by 4AD, the album was produced by Walker and Peter Walsh with the help of Mark Warman and released on October 21, 2014.[1] It is the last album Walker released during his lifetime, barring soundtrack work. 4AD released a music video for the song "Brando", directed by French filmmaker Gisèle Vienne.[2]
Sunn O))) performing live. "I’m always looking for an elemental, primal noise in my music," said Walker. "I figured, if I’m going to do the drone thing, they’re the kings of the drone, to me. I might as well get them."[3]
Sunn O))) songwriters Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson had previously contacted Walker about contributing vocals to Monoliths & Dimensions in 2009, but Walker declined due to prior engagements.[3] While developing material for his follow up record to 2012's Bish Bosch, Walker reached out to the band. Walker's decision to incorporate drones came about while developing lyrics. As the singer-composer stated, "I could get those gaps, you see, between phrases. Which I usually fill with silence, but now I had the drones."[3]
Upon agreeing to collaborate, Walker sent O'Malley and Anderson a series of wordless demos of tracks he produced, alongside Peter Walsh, made entirely with synthesizers. With the synthesizers, Walker directly outlined the instrumental accompaniments that O'Malley and Anderson were to provide via guitar drones. To record Sunn O)))'s guitar drones, the band brought its entire stage equipment, a large collection of amplifiers, to Walker's London studio space.[3]
Walker initially wanted to name the album Ronronner, French for "purr", "like the noise a big cat would make"; but O'Malley, who lives in France, believed that French audiences would read it as "too cute". Walker then came up with Soused, with the intended meaning of being submerged in water.[4]
Reception
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Soused received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 29 reviews.[5]
Track listing
CD and digital editions
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Brando"
8:42
2.
"Bull"
9:21
3.
"Herod 2014"
11:59
4.
"Fetish"
9:08
5.
"Lullaby"
9:22
Total length:
48:32
Vinyl LP edition
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Brando"
8:42
2.
"Bull"
9:21
Side two
No.
Title
Length
3.
"Herod 2014"
11:59
Side three
No.
Title
Length
4.
"Fetish"
9:08
5.
"Lullaby"
9:22
Total length:
48:32
Personnel
Greg Anderson– guitars, percussion guitar on "Bull", lead guitar on "Lullaby"
Tos Nieuwenhuizen– lead guitar (except for "Bull"); moog on "Brando", "Bull", and "Lullaby"; riff guitar on "Fetish"
Stephen O'Malley– guitars, bass guitar on "Brando" and "Fetish", feedback guitar on "Bull" and "Fetish", lead guitar on "Bull" and "Herod 2014", percussion guitar on "Bull", re-amped hi synth on "Lullaby", sleeve design, type
Scott Walker– vocals, production, composer, drum programming on "Lullaby", mixing
The physical packaging of the vinyl and the digital listings on various streaming services use the track names "Brando" and "Fetish", but the lyrics in the liner notes include alternative titles "Brando (Dwellers on the Bluff)" and "Fetish (Flip'n'Zip)".
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