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''Muchacho'' (Spanish for "boy") is the sixth studio album by American indie rock act Phosphorescent, released on March 19, 2013 on Dead Oceans. Self-produced by Matthew Houck, the album was preceded by the single, "Song for Zula". ''Muchachos lyrical content was inspired by the various events that followed his tour in support of previous studio album, ''Here's to Taking It Easy'' (2010). Released to widespread critical acclaim, the album reached fifty-nine on the ''Billboard'' 200 and fifty-eight on the UK Albums Chart. ==Background and recording== In 2012, Matthew Houck was forced, due to New York City re-zoning, to disassemble his studio in the Navy Yards area of Brooklyn, New York, and subsequently moved to Greenpoint, where he began work on ''Muchacho'' in his reassembled studio. Regarding his new recording space, Houck noted, "It's not so much a 'studio' as it is a junky practice space - no professionals would ever walk in there and be like, 'Whoa'." The album was influenced by Houck's experiences on tour in support of his previous album, ''Here's to Taking It Easy'' (2010), and its aftermath, with Houck stating: "The last time I was on the road, I thought, 'Just a few more months, and then I’ll go home and tend to everything.' But when I got back, everything was too far gone to fix, so there was fallout. Losing my place (the Navy Yards ) was a big deal. It’s a big space, and over the years I acquired a decent amount of gear. New York is a beast, man, it’s hard to find a place to do music unless you’re going to soundproof it. Relationships are tough when you're on the road, too - my girlfriend would come on some of the tours, but it wasn't easy. Drugs and booze were involved. So I lost the place, lost the girl, and lost my mind."〔 Houck subsequently put recording as Phosphorescent on hiatus stating, "I put Phosphorescent on hold, outside of on tour, for about a year. I don’t think it’s normal to shut down from record to record, but I wanted to do that. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make another Phosphorescent record at that time." The majority of ''Muchachos material was recorded at Houck's home studio, with Houck noting, "I had the luxury of building a studio and playing around with sounds for an entire year. () "Muchacho's Tune" was the first song I worked on, and the production was inspired by Brian Eno's ''Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks''. That record sounds very moon-bouncy to me, and I figured that sound would couple well with some Mexican cantina-type stuff, to my ears at least."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muchacho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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