Msg rcvd
{{Short description|2012 album by Neptune}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = msg rcvd
| type = Album
| artist = Neptune
| cover =Msg rcvd.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 13, 2012
| recorded = 2011/2012
| venue =
| studio = The Berwick, Boston, Massachusetts
| genre = {{Flatlist|
| length = 39:27
| label = Northern Spy Records
| producer = Kevin Micka / Neptune
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}}msg rcvd is the ninth full length album by American noise rock band Neptune, released on March 13, 2012 by Northern Spy Records.
Background
The band's website states the album "contains Dark Report, the band's most polarizing song",{{Cite web |last=Neptune |date=December 18, 2024 |title=Neptune - msg rcvd information page |url=https://www.neptune-band.com/msg-rcvd |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Neptune}} while one UK reviewer stated "oddball hypno gems like the impressively Can-ish ‘Dark Report’ really pushing the right buttons with me. It’s got that modern post-dub spaciousness paired with lo-fi noisy minimalist compositions for an ethereal, otherworldly ride."{{Cite web |last=Staff Reporter |first=Norman Records UK |date=July 13, 2012 |title=Neptune - Msg Rcvd |url=https://www.normanrecords.com/records/134542-neptune-msg-rcvd |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Norman Records}}
Reception
Craig Johnson of UK-based Louder That War praised the album,{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Craig |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Neptune: msg rcvd – album review |url=https://louderthanwar.com/neptune-msg-rcvd-album-review/ |access-date=August 16, 2012 |website=Louder Than War}} as did Scott Scholz in Words on Sounds.{{Cite web |last=Scholz |first=Scott |date=March 18, 2012 |title=NEPTUNE – MSG RCVD |url=https://www.wordsonsounds.com/neptune-msg-rcvd/ |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Words on Sounds}}
Packaging
‘’msg rcvd’’ was issued worldwide on CD and LP via American avant-garde record label Northern Spy Records. The CD version was released in digipack format. The first 100 vinyl copies were pressed in translucent green vinyl,{{Cite web |last=Discogs |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Neptune (5) – msg rcvd |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3502702-Neptune-msg-rcvd |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Discogs}} the remaining were pressed into black vinyl. The cover image is the result of a production error which the band decided to keep.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 38:08
| all_writing = Neptune
| title1 = luminous skull
| length1 = 7:55
| title2 = dark report
| length2 = 10:48
| title3 = rpr
| length3 = 2:35
| title4 = natural systems
| length4 = 1:00
| title5 = negative reversal
| length5 = 8:04
| title6 = dstl signal
| length6 = 7:44
}}
Personnel
Neptune
- Jason Sidney Sanford – vocals, guitar, feedback organ, oscillator, radio sequencer, amplified gas can and metal bucket
- Mark William Pearson – guitar, vocals, oscillator organ, sine wave generator
- Kevin Emil Micka – drums, amplified drums, kick oscillator, small feedback organ, electronics
Production
- Kevin Micka – recording, mixing engineer
- Neptune – mixing, production
- Scott Turner Craggs – mastering engineer
Packaging and design
- Jason Sidney Sanford – photography
- Mark William Pearson – artwork, layout
- Adam Downey – artwork, layout