Gloss Drop

Gloss Drop
A pile of pink foam
Studio album by
Battles
Released6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)
Recorded2010–11,
Machines with Magnets,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Genre
Length53:50
LabelWarp
Battles chronology
Tonto+
(2007) 		Gloss Drop
(2011) 		Dross Glop
(2012)
Singles from Gloss Drop
  1. "Ice Cream"
    Released: 23 May 2011
  2. "My Machines"
    Released: 15 August 2011

Gloss Drop is the second studio album by American experimental rock band Battles, released on Warp Records in June 2011.[1]

Most of the album is instrumental, but vocals are provided by various guests performers, including electronic musician Gary Numan[2] and Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino.[3]

"Ice Cream" was the first single to be released from the album on 23 May 2011 (2011-05-23), in both digital and 12" vinyl formats.[4] The vinyl was limited to 3000 copies, and was released in three different "flavors," with "strawberry" (pink), "vanilla" (cream), and "chocolate" (brown) colored records.[5] Barcelona-based directorial collective CANADA produced a video for the single.[6] It includes the B-side "Black Sundome" and an instrumental version of "Ice Cream". The second single released was for "My Machines", featuring Gary Numan, which came in digital and vinyl formats with an instrumental version of the song and an album outtake, "A.M. Gestalt".

From February to April 2012, a series of four 12" vinyl EPs were issued, titled Dross Glop (a spoonerism of the title) 1 through 4, featuring remixes of all the songs on Gloss Drop by various artists. A compilation featuring the 11 remixes (plus one not included, "Sundome") was released on 16 April 2012.

  1. ^ "Warp / Records / Releases / Battles / Gloss Drop". Warp Records. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ Savage, Mark. "Battles: Gloss Drop". BBC 6 Music. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Battles Announce "Gloss Drop"". Under The Radar. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Warp / Records / Battles / Releases / Ice Cream". Warp Records. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Ltd. Edition Ice Cream 12"s in 3 Flavors". Bttls.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Canada and Battles discover Ice Cream". Partizan. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.