Screen Memories (album)

Screen Memories
Studio album by
John Maus
ReleasedOctober 27, 2017
Recorded2015–2016
StudioFunny Farm, Austin, Minnesota
Genre
Length37:57
LabelRibbon
ProducerJohn Maus
John Maus chronology
A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material
(2012) 		Screen Memories
(2017) 		Addendum
(2018)
Singles from Screen Memories
  1. "The Combine"
    Released: August 29, 2017
  2. "Teenage Witch"
    Released: October 12, 2017
  3. "Touchdown"
    Released: October 23, 2017

Screen Memories is the fourth studio album by American musician John Maus, released on October 27, 2017. The album was his first set of newly-recorded music since We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (2011). Recorded in two years at his Austin, Minnesota home, most of its subject matter concerns apocalyptic themes inspired by the newsfeed of world events he garnered while making the LP. Some of its song structures and melodies were created with the aid of an artificial neural network.

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics, and was honored on numerous year-end lists by publications such as Uncut, The Wire, Fact, and Clash magazine. Commercially, the album peaked number 14 on Billboard's American Heatseekers Albums chart. Music videos were created for its three singles ("The Combine", "Teenage Witch", and "Touchdown"). Leftover tracks that were recorded for Screen Memories were included on Addendum, released on April 20, 2018.

Artwork was designed by Lia Sued Cabral.[7] It features a typeface called Shatter, designed by Vic Carless.[8][9]

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  7. ^ Lia Sued Cabral
  8. ^ "Shatter™ — ATypI". www.atypi.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05.
  9. ^ "Vic Carless obituary". TheGuardian.com. 2 October 2011.