Seth Bogart (album)

Seth Bogart
A portrait of Seth Bogart with duplicates behind him and blue text displaying the album name in front of him.
Studio album by
Seth Bogart
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2016
Recorded2012–15
Length44:01
LabelBurger
ProducerCole MGN
Seth Bogart chronology
Hairdresser Blues
(2012) 		Seth Bogart
(2016)
Singles from Seth Bogart
  1. "Eating Makeup"
    Released: November 2, 2015
  2. "Forgotten Fantazy"
    Released: January 6, 2016
  3. "Plastic!"
    Released: January 27, 2016

Seth Bogart is the second overall solo studio album written, recorded and performed by Hunx and His Punx vocalist Seth Bogart. It is the first studio album to be released under his name, as his previous solo record Hairdresser Blues[1] was issued under his stage name Hunx. Seth Bogart was produced and co-written by Cole MGN, and also features vocal performances from Chela, Kathleen Hanna, Tavi Gevinson, Jeremiah Nadya, and Clementine Creevy.

Bogart had enjoyed making music as his Hunx character, but had wanted for a long time to start recording material that showed more of his true self, "like a weird teenager's version of an adult album, I guess. But I just mean that in the sense where I took it super seriously and worked on it for a long time"[2] because "I wanted to make something that I would look back and still really love later."[3] He took more than two years to make the album, unlike during his Hunx period where he would make a record in five days or fewer.

Seth Bogart was promoted with an art show, videos and a tour that contained props inspired by Pee-wee's Playhouse, as well as numerous pre-album song premieres. Upon its February 2016 Burger Records release, the album was praised by some reviewers for its concept of fakeness of apparent beauty in celebrity and fashion culture, as symbolized in its use of cheap keyboard sounds and vocal effects such as autotune. There were also critics that complimented its combination of elements of punk and pop music and liked it as being a fun record.

  1. ^ "Hunx: Hairdresser Blues". Hardly Art. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Holslin, Peter (March 18, 2016). "Sex, Drugs, and Mantyhose: Enter the Twisted Kitsch of Seth Bogart's Wacky Wacko World". Noisey. Vice Media. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Guth, Dana (February 22, 2016). "Seth Bogart Makes Pop Where Life Imitates Art". Nylon. Diversis Capital. Retrieved March 18, 2016.