A New White

A New White
Studio album by
Subtle
ReleasedOctober 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
GenreHip hop
Length40:03
LabelLex Records
ProducerSubtle
Subtle chronology
A New White
(2004) 		For Hero: For Fool
(2006)
Singles from A New White
  1. "F.K.O."
    Released: 2004 (2004)
  2. "The Long Vein of the Law"
    Released: 2005 (2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound9/10[1]
Pitchfork7.8/10[2]
PopMatters[3]
Stylus MagazineB−[4]
XLR8Rfavorable[5]

A New White is the first studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2004. "F.K.O." and "The Long Vein of the Law" were released as singles from the album.[6][7] The album peaked at number 55 on the CMJ Top 200 chart,[8] as well as number 10 on CMJ's RPM chart.[9]

Critical reception

Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, describing it as "an chimera cobbled together from live and programmed drums, electronic strings, keyboards, samplers, guitars, woodwinds, and Doseone's chameleonic flows."[2] Lee Henderson of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "Subtle provides you with some of Doseone's best lyrics and art since his work with Boom Bip, accompanied by some of the best compositions anyone has created from the Anticon unit all told."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Song Meat"4:35
2."I ♥ L.A."3:56
3."The Long Vein of the Law"3:30
4."Red, White & Blonde"3:18
5."Silence..."3:41
6."The Hook"3:13
7."F.K.O."3:51
8."Eyewash"3:04
9."Hand Replacement"2:47
10."She"4:21
11."Stiff Fruit"3:39

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Subtle

  • Dax Pierson – keyboards, sampler, melodica
  • Alexander Kort – electric cello, acoustic cello, electric bass, acoustic bass
  • Jordan Dalrymple – drums, guitar, sampler
  • Jeffrey "Jel" Logan – drum machine
  • Marty Kalani Dowers – woodwinds, synthesizer
  • Adam "Doseone" Drucker – words, vocals, synthesizer, artwork

Additional musicians

  • J. Goody – trumpet (on "Song Meat")

Technical personnel

  • Subtle – recording, mixing
  • J. Goody – recording, mixing

References

  1. ^ Hayward, Daniel (November 5, 2004). "Subtle - A New White". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Howe, Brian (September 23, 2004). "Subtle: A New White". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Henderson, Lee (June 19, 2005). "Subtle: A New White". PopMatters. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  4. ^ McGonigle, Dave (December 1, 2004). "Subtle - A New White". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  5. ^ Tzou, Janet (September 28, 2004). "Subtle - A New White". XLR8R. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "F.K.O." Lex Records. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "Long Vein of the Law". Lex Records. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "CMJ Top 200 (Period Ending 11/16/2004)". CMJ New Music Report: 8. November 29, 2004.
  9. ^ "RPM (Period Ending 11/16/2004)". CMJ New Music Report: 18. November 29, 2004.