Surfing Megapuss

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1 surfing

1.1 album art
1.2 singles
1.3 reception
1.4 track listing





surfing

surfing studio album megapuss. released digitally on september 16, 2008, , physically on october 7, 2008, on vapor records. actor aziz ansari contributed song duck people duck man .


album art

the album cover, depicts band s 2 members, devendra banhart , greg rogove, fighting each other naked, proved controversial upon release. rebecca nicholson wrote takes nudity away vulnerability, , sexiness, , hands right likes of red hot chili peppers, circa sock-donning period. yes, s obnoxious, has better soft-focus sincerity. booklet comes album contains more graphic nude images of banhart , rogove.


singles

a single, adam & steve released on november 7, 2008, along music video. allison stewart described song , music video as, respectively, freak pop version of doors, , entertaining heck, monkees might have come after not showering several weeks. , taking lots of drugs. music video reviewed spin, in described sweetly endearing, jokingly homoerotic display likes of hasn t been seen since, well, latest judd apatow movie.


reception

the album met lukewarm reception after release, many critics dismissing intentional joke. still, album did receive positive reception, andy battaglia writing had sense of musical adventurousness more engrossing on banhart albums in past. according metacritic, album has score of 66%, indicating favorable reviews.


track listing


^ vapor1460 (7 november 2008). megapuss - adam , steve – via youtube. 
^ megapuss revealed or: believe dick skirt caught on microphone . 
^ nicholson, rebecca (30 september 2008). nudity s . guardian. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ phillips, amy (25 september 2008). megapuss lp art features devendra s naughty bits (nsfw!) . pitchfork media. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ stewart, allison (11 november 2008). singles file . washington post. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ everdell, abigail (10 november 2008). in defense of tender man love . spin. retrieved 14 may 2014. 
^ surfing . metacritic. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ bush, john. surfing review . allmusic. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ gaerig, andrew (7 november 2008). surfing review . pitchfork media. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ robert christgau: cg: megapuss . 
^ battaglia, andy (1 december 2008). surfing . a.v. club. retrieved 13 may 2014. 
^ fiander, matthew (30 november 2008). megapuss: surfing . popmatters. retrieved 14 may 2014. 
^ davis, ruben l. (9 october 2008). megapuss . harvard crimson. retrieved 14 may 2014. 






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