Interview 2016

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{{Infobox album

| name = Interview 2016

| type = EP

| artist = Death Grips

| cover = Interview 2016 cover art.jpg

| alt =

| caption = The cover art features interview host Matthew Hoffman, cropped from the video thumbnail

| released = March 22, 2016

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| genre = Electronic

| length = 22:31

| label = Third Worlds

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| prev_title = The Powers That B

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Bottomless Pit

| next_year = 2016

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Death Grips EP

| type = EP

| prev_title = Death Grips

| prev_year = 2011

| title = Interview 2016

| year = 2016

| next_title = Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)

| next_year = 2017

}}

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Interview 2016 is the second EP by American experimental hip hop group Death Grips, self-released by the band on March 22, 2016. Consisting of six instrumental tracks,{{Cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/23/death-grips-6-instrumental-tracks-ep-interview-2016/ |title=Death Grips drop 6-track EP of instrumentals from bizarre 'Interview 2016' video |last=Welsh |first=April Clare |date=March 23, 2016 |publisher=Fact |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921034552/http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/23/death-grips-6-instrumental-tracks-ep-interview-2016/ |url-status=live }} the EP acts as a soundtrack album to a previously released interview video with host Matthew Hoffman, which featured the tracks instead of the interview audio.{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2016/03/death-grips-release-bizarre-video-dubbed-interview-2016-watch/ |title=Death Grips release bizarre video dubbed "Interview 2016" – watch |last=Geslani |first=Michelle |date=March 14, 2016 |publisher=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131185630/https://consequence.net/2016/03/death-grips-release-bizarre-video-dubbed-interview-2016-watch/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30498/1/death-grips-drop-new-ep |title=Death Grips drop new EP, Instrumentals 2016 |last=Nicolov |first=Alice |date=23 March 2016 |publisher=Dazed Digital |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184438/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30498/1/death-grips-drop-new-ep |url-status=live }}

Interview 2016 was released on vinyl as the second LP in a 2LP package alongside Death Grips' other instrumental album Fashion Week for Record Store Day 2016. Individually, Interview 2016 was also self-released by the band on cassette.

Critical reception

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|rev1score = 7.0/10{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21796-interview-2016/ |title=Death Grips - Interview 2016 |last=Camp |first=Zoe |date=April 7, 2016 |publisher=Pitchfork |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116123648/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21796-interview-2016/ |url-status=live }}

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Pitchfork Media critic Zoe Camp was positive in her review, stating: "While MC Ride might be perceived as the alpha and omega of Death Grips, Interview 2016 underscores that [Zach] Hill and [Andy] Morin are quite formidable on their own." Camp also thought that the release was "far more interesting than Fashion Week, a full-length twice its size, and it suggests that Death Grips' strength as an instrumental entity shouldn’t be underestimated."

Track listing

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| total_length = 22:31

| title1 = Interview A

| length1 = 4:50

| title2 = Interview B

| length2 = 5:23

| title3 = Interview C

| length3 = 3:01

| title4 = Interview D

| length4 = 3:49

| title5 = Interview E

| length5 = 1:23

| title6 = Interview F

| length6 = 4:05

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Personnel

Death Grips

References

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