Track Listing
1. Ruby - (featuring Will Oldham)
2. Cauterized
3. Worse Than Yesterday - (featuring Mellowdrone)
4. Truth Is - (featuring Robert Smith)
5. Remorseless
6. Pure Genius - (featuring David Sylvian)
7. It's Still Happening - (featuring Hamilton Leithauser)
8. 2 A.M.
9. Movement of Fear
10. Sleepwalking Away - (featuring Nick Young)
11. House I Grew up In, The - (featuring Johnny Marr)
12. Crude Sunlight - (featuring Jennifer Charles)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | David Sylvian, Hamilton Leithauser, Jennifer Charles, Johnny Marr, Mellowdrone, Nick Young, Robert Smith, Will Oldham | | Producer: | Chris Vrenna, Clint Walsh | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Tweaker (Pop): Chris Vrenna (drums).
Additional personnel: Robert Smith , David Sylvian, Hamilton Leithauser, Jennifer Charles, Johnny Marr , Mellowdrone, Nick Young, Will Oldham.
Recording information: Home Studios, Eagle Park, California (2004); The Mouse House, Pasadena, California (2004).
For his sophomore effort, 2 A.M. WAKEUP CALL, former Nine Inch Nails member Chris Vrenna is again at the helm of Tweaker, and the multi-talented drummer-songwriter-producer delivers an impressively varied collection that incorporates beat-driven electronica, brooding alternative rock, and some of the industrial flourishes of his previous band. Though Tweaker's stylistic influences are clear, the project has a sound all its own.
Vrenna orchestrates the sonic melange by carefully balancing heavier, darker elements--those that draw on hard rock and industrial--with lighter electronic soundscapes. This balance of energy and ambience sets the perfect stage for the talents of Vrenna's guest vocalists. Returning from the first Tweaker record are alt-country troubadour Will Oldham (on the surprisingly rock-oriented "Ruby") and avant-crooner David Sylvian (on the dreamy "Pure Genius"). The album also features Cure frontman Robert Smith on the slow shuffle of "Truth Is," and Hamilton Leithauser, vocalist for the Walkmen, on the distortion-filled dance track "It's Still Happening." Meanwhile, the alternately gauzy and aggressive instrumental tunes provide a sort of aural sorbet between main courses.
Editorial Reviews
[A]s a provocative experiment, 2 A.M. is a success.
Magnet
[B]athes in smoky guitars, gurgling synths, and ghastly glockenspiels. - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
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