Women (album) explained

Women
Type:	studio
Artist:	Women
Cover:	Women - Women album artwork.jpg
Released:	2008
Recorded:	December 2007 – February 2008
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	29:30
Next Title:	Public Strain
Next Year:	2010

Women is the debut studio album by Calgary band Women, recorded by fellow Calgary-native Chad VanGaalen.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 2008 on VanGaalen's Flemish Eye record label in Canada, and on Jagjaguwar in the US.The song "Sag Harbor Bridge" is a direct reference to the suicide of the artist Ray Johnson, like "Locust Valley" and "Venice Lockjaw" on Women's second album of 2010, Public Strain.

Recording

Women was recorded by Polaris Music Prize-nominated Chad VanGaalen, in "[VanGaalen's] basement, an outdoor culvert and a crawlspace."^[3] It was recorded using boom boxes and tape machines, contributing to its lo-fi sound.^[3]

Reception

Women was released to favourable reviews, with Cokemachineglow naming it as "the best 'indie rock' record released [in 2008], hands down."^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gaerig . Andrew . Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Women: Women . 2008-10-13 . . 2009-09-15.
2. Web site: Ranta . Alan . Women: Women . 2008-07-07 . . 2009-09-15.
3. Web site: Women : Women . . 2009-09-16 . 2010-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100715093436/http://www.flemisheye.com/albums/016-women . dead .
4. Web site: Reid . Scott . Women: Women :: Record Review . 2008-07-24 . Cokemachineglow . 2014-03-19.