Black Square (album)

Black Square
Studio album by DD/MM/YYYY
Released 2009
Recorded Toronto, Boombox Studios, 2008
Genre Rock, Punk, Pop
Label Invada Records (Europe),
We are Busy Bodies (Canada),
Impose Records (America),
Deleted Art Europe
Producer Roger Leavens, DD/MM/YYYY
Singles from Black Square
  1. "Infinity Skull Cube"
  2. "Digital Haircut"
  3. "Bronzage"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(6.6/10) link
Rockfeedback link
dose.ca
Eye Weekly
Metronews.ca
Aurualstates.com(no rating) link
Inyourspeakers.com(no rating) link

Black Square is an album by the group DD/MM/YYYY. In 2009, it was released in Canada (We are Busy Bodies) on March 17; in Europe (Deleted Art) on August 18; in the United States (Impose Records) on September 15); and in the UK/EU (Invada Records) in September 2010.

Track list

All songs written by Claxton, Del Balso, Holmes, King, Rozenberg

Track List:

  1. "Bronzage" (3:49)
  2. "No Life" (2:19)
  3. "They" (2:48)
  4. "Infinity Skull Cube" (3:22)
  5. "My Glasses" (1:06)
  6. "Birdtown" (3:42)
  7. "Sirius B" (3:50)
  8. "Lismer" (2:09)
  9. "Real Eyes" (3:43)
  10. "$50,000 Guitar Head" (1:39)
  11. "I'm Still in the Walls" (3:29)
  12. "Digital Haircut" (3:48)
  13. "Van Tan" (3:40)*
  • Track 13 is exclusive to the Impose Records American Tape Cassette version of Black Square and originally released on the sold out 7-inch.

Release Show

The album release party was held at Lee's Palace in Toronto and featured Black Feelings, Metz and a cover of the DD/MM/YYYY song "Super VGF" by The Meligrove Band.

Song Reviews

Chart Attack.ca gave a positive review and link to Infinity Skull Cube's animated music video by Jesi the Elder.[1]

Pitchfork gave Bronzage a 7[2] saying

"Bronzage", the opening track on their newest album Black Square, sprints forth with chiming guitars, call-and-response chants, and quick, precise beats.

Charts

DD/MM/YYYY's Black Square made Canadian Charts force field PR says[3]

"....originally releasing Black Square in Canada in April — where it reached number two on the Canadian Campus & Community Radio Charts — "

References

  1. ↑ Chartattack.ca: Infinity Skull Cube Archived December 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ pitchfork: DD/MM/YYYY song review
  3. ↑ Forcefield Pr: DD/MM/YYYY
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