Scott Guild’s debutalbum PLASTIC is out
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Scott Guild shares his innovative, immersive debut LP, Plastic: The Album, via North Street Records,
Plastic is set in a future world of plastic figurines, and the album tells the story of the novel through a cycle of dynamic art-pop songs. Stranger Cat (a frequent collaborator of Sharon Van Etten and Sufjan Stevens) stars on the record, singing in the voice of Erin, embodying her struggles. While many of the tracks use lyrics from the musical numbers in the book (where the figurines break into song), the tracks also branch off in their own directions, expanding the plastic universe of the story. “All my life, I’ve been obsessed with art that pushes boundaries,” Guild says of telling a story through music and prose, “especially boundaries of genre and format. I love art that creates an immersive world, that lets me lose myself in someone’s vision. That’s my hope with Plastic: to find new ways to tell a story, to put people in a vivid space of imagination." For more about this, read Guild's own account of creating the album on the prominent book site Literary Hub.
The album is a collaboration between Guild and the visionary artist Cindertalk (Son Lux, My Brightest Diamond), as well as the GRAMMY-winning producer Peter Katis (The National, Sharon Van Etten). Together, the novel and album create an unparalleled multimedia storytelling experience, both a love story and an exploration of urgent contemporary themes. As NPR's Beth Golay notes, "With climate change, gun violence, and nuclear fallout, this dystopian comedy looks eerily similar to our world."
Plastic: The Album (LP) Tracklist
01. A Doll’s House
02. Boytoy
03. Only Killers (ft. Cindertalk & Stranger Cat)
04. Lightning
05. Until They’re Home
06. Worth the Loss
07. Fiona
08. Nighty Night Now
09. The Absence
