Codename: Dustsucker

The band continues to use conventional rock instruments in songs that are structured unconventionally, as they did in their earlier releases. Rather than the familiar alternation of verse and chorus, the songs mostly develop as a succession of related sections. "400 Winters" has an intro, a verse, a long chorus-like section, then the rhythm and arrangement change for a long coda section, which fades to be replaced by a chord sequence on piano and what appears to be a distorted answerphone message. "Shapeshifting" follows a similar structure. "Burning the City" is based around a three bar pattern, in contrast to rock's usual 4, 8 or 12 bar structures.

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/codename-dustsucker-mw0000655703|title=Codename: Dustsucker – Bark Psychosis|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=27 June 2018}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Codename%3A+Dustsucker+bark+psychosis+2004&pg=PA2408|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

|rev3 = Mojo

|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Bark Psychosis: Codename: Dustsucker|journal=Mojo|issue=295|date=June 2018|last=Segal|first=Victoria|page=103}}

|rev4 = Pitchfork

|rev4score = 7.7/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1132-codename-dustsucker/|title=Bark Psychosis: Codename: Dustsucker|work=Pitchfork|date=4 October 2004|accessdate=27 June 2018|last=Ubl|first=Sam}}

|rev5 = Stylus Magazine

|rev5score = A{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/bark-psychosis/codename-dustsucker.htm|title=Bark Psychosis – ///Codename: Dustsucker – Review|work=Stylus Magazine|date=26 July 2004|accessdate=21 February 2020|last=Southall|first=Nick|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109005717/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/bark-psychosis/codename-dustsucker.htm|archivedate=9 January 2016|url-status=dead}}

|rev6 = Uncut

|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Bark Psychosis: Codename: Dustsucker|journal=Uncut|issue=89|date=October 2004}}

}}

The album has received generally positive reviews. A contemporary review in the American music magazine CMJ compared the band and album's sound to fellow English compatriots Elbow and Doves, and positively wrote that listeners "may have to scour the import bins for this one, but you'll thank us for the heads up."“[https://books.google.com/books?id=OWVqQ1muCHEC&dq=%22codename%3A+dustsucker%22&pg=PA5 REVIEWS].” CMJ New Music Monthly, June 2004, pp. 5. In an October 2004 review by Sab Ubl for Pitchfork, the album's sound is described as "utterly unique," with Ubl also writing that "what the songs lack in structural certainty or melodic eloquence they usually make up for in the remarkable depth and vibrancy of their textures."{{Cite web|last=Ubl|first=Sam|date=2004|title=Codename: Dustsucker|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1132-codename-dustsucker/|url-status=live|website=Pitchfork|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411000517/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1132-codename-dustsucker/ |archive-date=2009-04-11 }} In December 2004, American webzine Somewhere Cold ranked Codename: Dustsucker No. 1 on their 2004 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame list.{{Cite web|last=Lamoreaux|first=Jason T.|date=December 1, 2004|title=Somewhere Cold Awards 2004|url=https://somewherecold.net/2004/12/01/swc-awards-2004/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930041952/https://somewherecold.net/2004/12/01/swc-awards-2004/|archive-date=September 30, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=Somewhere Cold|language=en-US}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = From What Is Said to When It's Read

| length1 = 5:27

| writer1 = Graham Sutton, Colin Bradley

| title2 = The Black Meat

| length2 = 6:50

| writer2 = Sutton, Rachel Dreyer

| title3 = Miss Abuse

| length3 = 6:11

| writer3 = Sutton, Lee Harris

| title4 = 400 Winters

| length4 = 5:48

| writer4 = Sutton, Anja Buechele

| title5 = Dr. Innocuous/Ketamoid

| length5 = 1:04

| writer5 = Sutton

| title6 = Burning the City

| length6 = 5:11

| writer6 = Sutton, Dreyer

| title7 = Inqb8tr

| length7 = 8:00

| writer7 = Sutton, Harris

| title8 = Shapeshifting

| length8 = 6:03

| writer8 = Sutton, Dreyer

| title9 = Rose

| length9 = 5:50

| writer9 = Sutton

}}Track #5 is alternatively written as "Dr. Innocuous-Ketamoid" on a few releases, such as on Spotify and a promo CDr issued by Fire Records in 2018.{{Cite web|date=2018|title=Bark Psychosis – Codename: Dustsucker|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bark-Psychosis-Codename-Dustsucker/release/13347576|url-status=live|website=Discogs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709060601/https://www.discogs.com/Bark-Psychosis-Codename-Dustsucker/release/13347576 |archive-date=2019-07-09 }}

Musicians

• Graham Sutton – guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, melodica, E-mu Emulator, vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
• Lee Harris – drums, percussion
• Colin Bradley – guitar
• Pete Beresford – vibraphone
• Rachel Dreyer – piano, vocals (8)
• T. J. Mackenzie – trumpet
• Anja Buechele – vocals (4, 6)
• Chicken – gonk vocal
• Neil Aldridge – indicators
• Shaun Hyder – Sindhi tamboura
• David Panos – bass guitar
• Alice Kemp – bowed guitar
• Silke Roch – vocals (9)
• Mark Simnett – found drums
• Del Crabtree – found trumpet

Technical personnel

• Graham Sutton – engineering, production, mastering
• Noel Summerville – mastering

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.barkpsychosis.com Bark Psychosis Official Site]
• [http://www.firerecords.com Fire Records]

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Codename Dustsucker

Category:Bark Psychosis albums

Category:Fire Records (UK) albums

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