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Reptilians (Starfucker album)
''Reptilians'' is the third studio album by the Portland-based electronic indie rock band Starfucker. Departing from the light feel of their previous work, ''Jupiter'' (2009), the twelve-track ''Reptilians'' includes lyrics by Joshua Hodges about death and the end of the world, while musically not sounding depressing. One of the ways these theories are supported is using samples of British-American philosopher Alan Watts in some of the tracks. Finished in November 2010 and released on March 8, 2011 by Polyvinyl Records, two singles were issued from ''Reptilians'', which was "Julius" in late 2010 and "Bury Us Alive" in January 2011. Upon its release, the album earned mostly positive reviews from music critics, with and praise going the band's development from their previous records and repeated-listens value. On the American ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers chart, it entered at number 26.
==Production and composition==
Josh Hodges discussed coming up with ''Reptilians'' as the title of the album:
''Reptilians'' was produced and engineered by Hodges and Jake Portrait.〔 Hodges wrote a half or more of the material on tour with his laptop, and the rest in his bedroom. On tour, he wrote his songs with a MIDI keyboard and added live instruments when he got home. He also used an old analog drum machine in the process.〔 Production of the record ended on November 18, 2010.
Ryan Biornstad said the group wanted to depart from the light feel of their previous album ''Jupiter'', because "we're at a point now where we're getting older and touring a lot, and we're staying true to what we feel is our sound, and it's growing, and it's evolving, and we're not interested in making an album that's just like the first one. We're making it as an evolution." Hodges' lyrics of the songs from ''Reptilians'' mainly deal with death and the end of the world, inspired by his grandmother's passing, but musically, the tracks sound "not the slightest bit depressing", as explained in a press release by Polyvinyl Records. Starfucker believed death is responsible for giving meaning to life, which is expressed in the record using snippets of British-American philosopher Alan Watts talking about the band's same beliefs about death, "vibrant crescendos, explosive drum beats, and layered synth melodies that drive a theatrical live show where dance party meets Roxy Music."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=STRFKR: Reptilians )〕 Krystina Nellis of ''Drowned in Sound'' that said by the second half of the record fourth track, "Mystery Cloud", these philosophies became "basically a more morbid version of" "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann.〔
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