There Will Be No Intermission

There Will Be No Intermission
Studio album by Amanda Palmer
Released	March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)
Studio	64 Sound in Los Angeles, California
Length	78:00
Label	Amanda Palmer Cooking Vinyl
Producer	John Congleton
Amanda Palmer chronology
I Can Spin a Rainbow (2017) There Will Be No Intermission (2019) Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Flash Record (2020)
Singles from There Will Be No Intermission
"Drowning in the Sound" Released: December 11, 2018 "Voicemail For Jill" Released: February 19, 2019

There Will Be No Intermission is the third solo studio album by American musician Amanda Palmer. It was released on March 8, 2019, through Cooking Vinyl. It was crowdfunded through Patreon and recorded by Palmer in collaboration with John Congleton over the course of a month. It was supported by a 2019–2020 tour.[1] The vinyl version of the album was released on March 29, 2019.[2]

Background

Palmer stated that "Most of these songs were exercises in survival. This isn't really the record that I was planning to make. But loss and death kept happening in real-time, and these songs became my therapeutic arsenal of tools for making sense of it all."[1] She also said that "The kind of stories that I'm sharing on this record—abortion, miscarriage, cancer, grief, the darker sides of parenthood—have been therapeutic and frightening to write."[3]

Promotion

The demos of "Bigger on the Inside" (originally featuring Zoë Keating), "The Thing About Things", "A Mother's Confession", "Machete", "Drowning in the Sound", and "Judy Blume" were all released as promotional singles on March 9, 2015, May 26, 2015, February 25, 2016, March 9, 2016, August 31, 2017, and February 12, 2018, respectively. "Judy Blume" and "Look Mummy, No Hands" were previously included on the 2013 live album An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer. "Judy Blume" also received a music video on February 12, 2019.[4]

"The Ride" (originally released as a Patron-exclusive video on October 26, 2017[5]) was previewed with a performance on NPR's All Things Considered on February 13, 2019.[6]

Singles

The studio version of "Drowning in the Sound" was released as the first official single from the album along with the album pre-order on December 11, 2018.[7] A music video was released on August 8, 2019.[8]

"Voicemail for Jill" was released as the second single on February 19, 2019.^[citation needed] A music video for the song was released on March 7, 2019.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.2/10[10]
Metacritic	78/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
The Irish Times	8/10[12]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[13]
NME	[14]
PopMatters	[15]

The album has received a score of 78/100 from media aggregate site Metacritic based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Amanda Palmer, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All the Things"	1:23
2.	"The Ride"	10:13
3.	"Congratulations"	0:37
4.	"Drowning in the Sound" (Palmer, Ben Folds)	5:45
5.	"Hold on Tight, Darling"	0:40
6.	"The Thing About Things"	5:35
7.	"Life's Such a Bitch Isn't It"	0:33
8.	"Judy Blume"	6:45
9.	"Feeding the Dark"	0:20
10.	"Bigger on the Inside"	8:29
11.	"There Will Be No Intermission"	1:01
12.	"Machete"	6:09
13.	"You Know the Statistics"	0:38
14.	"Voicemail for Jill"	5:34
15.	"You'd Think I'd Shot Their Children"	1:43
16.	"A Mother's Confession"	10:37
17.	"They're Saying Not to Panic"	0:27
18.	"Look Mummy, No Hands" (Dillie Keane)	5:30
19.	"Intermission Is Relative"	0:54
20.	"Death Thing"	5:00
Total length:		78:00

Personnel

Taken from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

• Amanda Palmer — vocals, piano, ukulele, organ, synths
• Crystal Brooke Alforque — violin (Track 12)
• Laurann Angel — violin, viola
• Jherek Bischoff — double bass, guitar, vibraphone, prepared piano, sub bass synth, cymbals, bass drum, backing vocals
• John Congleton — drums, synths, sequencing
• Madeline Falcone — violin, viola
• Nicole Garcia — violin, viola
• April Guthrie — cello
• Max Henry — synths
• Paris Hurley — violin, viola
• Rachel Iba — violin, viola
• Jodie Landau — vibraphone, glockenspiel
• Aniela Marie Perry — cello
• Joey Waronker — drums
• Jason Webley — accordion
• The "Baby Didn't Die" Choir: Anthony Palacios, Carly D. Weckstein, Charlotte Kaufman, David Goren, Ian Michaels, Jherek Bischoff, Joy Craig, Kale Chase, Lisa Schneider, Marvel Star de la Cruz, Michelle Gibson, Paul Bellatoni, Phoebe Pinder, Sara Bartel, Simon Vance, Theresa Richardson, Vanessa Rodriguez, Xine Trevino

Technical

• Amanda Palmer — writer (Tracks 1-17, 19-20)
• Jherek Bischoff — instrumental arrangement and mixing (all instrumental interludes), string arrangement (Track 12), recording (vibraphone, double bass, sub bass synth, cymbals, bass drum, and glockenspiel)
• Greg Calbi — mastering
• John Congleton — producer, mixing, engineer
• Ben Folds — "songwriting help" (Track 4)
• Tyler Karmen — studio assistant
• Dillie Keane — writer (Track 18)
• Jaron Luksa — recording (Track 12), violin, violin, and cello recording

Artwork

• Allan Amato — sleeve photography
• Regina Harris — stylist for insert photography
• Kahn & Selesnick — insert photography
• Andrew Nelson — album artwork designer
• "Piano Stewards": Ngo'e Crossan, Julias Ross Bright, Philip Marshall, Nico Deslis, Joe Yarabek, Ben Ranes
• "Library Department": Justine Marzack, Ash Gaiman

Tour

Palmer performing a free charity concert in Vienna during the tour in September 2019

Throughout 2019 and 2020, Palmer embarked on the There Will Be No Intermission World Tour. The over four-hour long show featureed a mix of both songs and storytelling themed around Palmer's personal life. The Los Angeles performance, as well as the December 13 and 14th London shows, were recorded exclusively for her Patrons on Patreon.[16] On March 14, 2019, Palmer performed a three-hour excerpt of There Will Be No Intermission at Central Presbyterian Church, as part of the SXSW Music Festival.

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[17]
March 21, 2019	Detroit	United States	The Cathedral – Masonic Temple
March 22, 2019	Toronto	Canada	Queen Elizabeth Theatre
March 23, 2019	Montreal		Monument National – Ludger – Duvernay Theatre
April 5, 2019	Washington, D.C.	United States	National Theatre
April 6, 2019	Philadelphia		Temple Performing Arts Center
April 12, 2019	Chicago		Chicago Theatre
April 13, 2019	Saint Paul		The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University
April 19, 2019	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
April 20, 2019	New York City		Beacon Theatre
May 10, 2019	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
May 11, 2019	Los Angeles		Theatre at Ace Hotel
May 17, 2019	Atlanta		Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
May 18, 2019	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
May 30, 2019	St. Louis		Warfield Theatre
May 31, 2019	Kansas City, Missouri		Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
June 1, 2019	Denver		Paramount Theatre
June 6, 2019	Vancouver	Canada	Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
June 7, 2019	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theatre
June 8, 2019	Portland, Oregon		Crystal Ballroom
Europe[18]
September 4, 2019	Amsterdam	The Netherlands	Meervaart
September 6, 2019	Berlin	Germany	Admiralspalast
September 11, 2019	Munich		Alte Kongresshalle
September 13, 2019	Offenbach		Capitol
September 14, 2019	Vienna	Austria	Konzerthaus, Vienna
September 15, 2019	Graz		Stefaniensaal
September 18, 2019	Stuttgart	Germany	Theaterhaus Stuttgart
September 19, 2019	Essen		Colosseum
September 20, 2019	Antwerp	Belgium	De Roma
September 24, 2019	Hamburg	Germany	Laeiszhalle
September 25, 2019	Leipzig		Haus Auensee
September 26, 2019	Prague	Czech Republic	Hybernia
September 27, 2019	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Conservatoire de Luxembourg
September 28, 2019	Paris	France	Bataclan
October 11, 2019	Copenhagen	Denmark	Bremen Teater
October 12, 2019	Stockholm	Sweden	Södra Teatern
October 16, 2019	Bexhill-on-sea	United Kingdom	De La Warr Pavilion
October 19, 2019	Cardiff		St David's Hall
October 20, 2019	Cambridge		Cambridge Corn Exchange
October 23, 2019	Cork	Ireland	Cork Opera House
October 24, 2019	Dublin		National Concert Hall
October 26, 2019	Belfast	United Kingdom	Ulster Hall
October 27, 2019	Limerick	Ireland	University Concert Hall
November 1, 2019	Dunfermline	United Kingdom	Carnegie Hall
November 2, 2019	Glasgow		Glasgow City Halls
November 3, 2019	Manchester		Albert Hall
November 4, 2019	York		Grand Opera House
November 7, 2019	Newcastle		Tyne Theatre and Opera House
November 24, 2019	Braga	Portugal	Theatre Circo
December 5, 2019	London	United Kingdom	Union Chapel
December 6, 2019
December 13, 2019
December 14, 2019
Oceania[19]
December 30, 2019	Woodford	Australia	Woodford Folk Festival
January 16, 2020	Launceston		Mona Foma Confessional
January 20, 2020			Mona Foma Princess Theatre
January 22, 2020	Melbourne		Hamer Hall
January 31, 2020	Brisbane		Brisbane Powerhouse
February 1, 2020
February 7, 2020	Canberra		Canberra Theatre
February 8, 2020	Springwood		Blue Mountains Theatre
February 14, 2020	Adelaide		Bonython Hall, Adelaide Fringe
February 20, 2020	Sydney		Enmore Theatre
February 22, 2020	Perth		TBA
February 29, 2020	Darwin		Darwin Entertainment Centre
March 12, 2020	Auckland	New Zealand	Auckland Arts Festival: Hollywood Avondale
March 13, 2020
March 14, 2020	Christchurch		The Piano
March 16, 2020	Wellington		NZ Fringe Festival - St. Peter's Church

Set list

The following represents the May 11, 2019 filmed performance in Los Angeles. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

Act I

1. Judy Blume
2. Runs In the Family
3. The Thing About Things
4. Bigger on the Inside
5. Oasis
6. Part of Your World
7. Machete
8. A Mother's Confession

Act II

1. Coin-Operated Boy
2. The Killing Type
3. Drowning in the Sound
4. Voicemail For Jill
5. Let It Go
6. The Ride

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[20]	40
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21]	30
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	49
US Billboard 200[23]	169
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[24]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25]	3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[26]	14
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[27]	33

See also

• Music videos for this album

References

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2. "Amanda Palmer - There Will Be No Intemission – AmazonSmile Music". Amazon. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
3. Blais-Billie, Braudie (December 11, 2018). "Amanda Palmer Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
4. "AMANDA PALMER - JUDY BLUME". YouTube. February 12, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
5. "Amanda Palmer – the Ride".
6. "New Mix: Amanda Palmer, Pkew Pkew Pkew, the Budos Band, More". NPR.
7. Blistein, Jon (December 11, 2018). "Amanda Palmer Returns With New Song Addressing #MeToo Movement, Political Insanity". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
8. "DROWNING IN THE SOUND (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)". YouTube. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
9. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
10. "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
11. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
12. Bruton, Louise. "Amanda Palmer: There Will Be No Intermission review – Fearless messages and intimate confessions". The Irish Times. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
13. Burfitt, Em. "Amanda Palmer's There Will Be No Intermission is a testament to art's earnesty". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
14. Trendell, Andrew (8 March 2019). "Amanda Palmer – 'There Will Be No Intermission' review". NME. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
15. Whitelock, Ed (4 March 2019). "Amanda Palmer Has Created Her Best Work with 'There Will Be No Intermission'". PopMatters. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
16. "Amanda Palmer's Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
17. "Shows". Amandapalmer.net. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
18. "Shows". Amandapalmer.net. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
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20. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
21. "Austriancharts.at – Amanda Palmer – There Will Be No Intermission" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
22. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
23. "Amanda Palmer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
24. "Amanda Palmer Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
25. "Amanda Palmer Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
26. "Amanda Palmer Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
27. "Amanda Palmer Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

External links

• Official album website