For Immediate Release
June 4 2009
WALLPAPER. ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF 'DOODOO FACE' ON EENIE MEENIE RECORDS!
After turning out three outstanding EPs of diced, digital beats and lyrics caricaturing the pop vernacular and hugely popular live shows, the "glitz n grit" champs of the dancefloor WALLPAPER. announce the release of their highly anticipated debut lp 'Doodoo Face'. Written, produced and recorded by the genius and sometime schizo talents of Eric Frederic and beatkeeper Arjun Singh, Wallpaper. present 11 supreme tracks built with percussive funk blurred with huge beats, dark synthesizer blurt and crushing bass topped by the vocals of egomaniac Ricky Reed, all steeped in Eric's oldest influences: P-Funk, Afrobeat, and the panoply of Bay Area rap.
Under the very able hand of Eric, who is entirely ace at merging the organic into the electronic as evidenced by his hot remixes for Passion Pit and Das Racist, 'Doodoo Face' also shows a great move forward in production for Wallpaper. The drums were recorded live with Arjun behind the kit, Eric's on guitar on many of the tracks while the trumpet comes courtesy of Darondo sideman Brian Switzer. 'Doodoo Face' has strains of Justice too, in the seething bass of “Celebrity,” and even Eno in the minimalist pop of “Fine GF.” “Frk Scn” features female vocals and a distinct live Ghanaian rhythm known as “Ewe,” while on “Gettin' Drip” Eric handcrafts his own “chipmunk soul” sample to accompany the chorus. From the cavernous thump and honking sax of opener “Indecent” to the warped hyphy of “ddd” to “Doodoo Face” itself, Wallpaper.s debut full length is dark, nasty, load-bearing booty funk of the Oakland house party variety.
On Tour:
6/6 - Mountain View, CA @ BFD, Shoreline Ampitheater
6/12 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
6/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club w/Datarock
6/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B w/Thunderheist
6/20 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary w/Thunderheist
7/25 - Sacramento, CA @ A To Z Greens
'Doodoo Face' is out September 22 on Eenie Meenie Records
1. Indecent
2. T REX
3. I Got Soul, I'm So Wasted
4. ddd
5. Celebrity
6. It's My Birthday
7. I Ain't Most Dudes
8. Fine GF
9. Frk Scn
10. Gettin Drip
11. Doodoo Face
