Pixel Bath

{{Album ratings

| title =Pixel Bath ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1score ={{rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Fred |title=Jean Dawson - Pixel Bath |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pixel-bath-mw0003440843 |access-date=August 19, 2022}}

| rev2 =Beats Per Minute

| rev2score =81%{{Cite news |last=Kohner |first=Kyle |date=October 28, 2020 |title=Album Review: Jean Dawson - Pixel Bath |work=Beats Per Minute |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-jean-dawson-pixel-bath/ |access-date=August 19, 2022}}

| rev3 =NME

| rev3score ={{rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Jenessa |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Jean Dawson - Pixel Bath review: LA-based innovator comes good on an expansive expression of the self |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/jean-dawson-pixel-bath-review-radar-2800481 |access-date=August 19, 2022}}

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AllMusic's Fred Thomas writes that on the album, Dawson "set out to create the 'soundtrack for a black coming-of-age film that never ends', and accomplishes just that with this collection of nostalgic dream pop melodies caught in perpetual conflicted collision with high-energy rap." The album includes opener "Devilish" which "moves abruptly from bellowed, melodramatic vocals to intense rap flows about monsters, boogie men, and surreal critiques of toxic masculinity" made even more unique by the placement of "his melodically sung lyrics ... over a backdrop of peppy guitars and bass that sounds like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at their catchiest" and "album standout" "TripleDouble" {{sic}} "with a Pixies bass line decorated with trap ad-libs and a big rock chorus." Dawson's "wild swings of imagination and daring are so unexpected they can be jarring, but it's this willingness to go outside of the known that puts Pixel Bath in a class by itself."

The Arts Fuse{{'}}s Alex Szeptycki calls the album "a kaleidoscopic melange that vividly reflects the artist's personality and inspirations" and "one of the most compelling releases I've heard this year", with Dawson's "magnetic personality ... infused through the album's excitingly varied instrumentals and bold vocal performances."{{Cite news |last=Szeptycki |first=Alex |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Pop Review: Jean Dawson's Pixel Bath |work=The Arts Fuse |url=https://artsfuse.org/217612/pop-review-jean-dawsons-pixel-bath-awash-in-riches/ |access-date=August 19, 2022}} Per Beats Per Minute{{'}}s Kyle Kohner, Dawson's "refreshing and exciting" "undefinable alternative hip hop sound" brings "a bit of everything – bedroom pop, pop-punk, industrial rap, and even glitch-pop" to the album, making for a "boisterous marvel to behold, touched through and through with deep emotion." NME{{'}}s Jenessa Williams says that "by refusing to limit his musical focus Dawson buys himself a future of authentic experimentation, thrilling the listener with unexpected twists and turns that do, miraculously, offer up something for everyone" and that while "if you really want to find fault in Pixel Bath, you might acknowledge that even the gnarliest of rollercoasters become that little bit less exciting once you've seen their blueprints", "if you're ready to hear what true unbounded creativity sounds like, Jean Dawson can take you on one hell of a ride."

{{Track listing

| total_length = 38:58

| headline = Pixel Bath track listing

| all_writing = Jean Dawson, and all tracks but 7 and 8 written and produced by Zach Fogarty, with others noted. All tracks mixed by Gabe Wax

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Devilish

| writer1 = {{hlist|George Flint|Henry Flint|Jonathan Hoskins}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Hoskins|23rd}}

| length1 = 3:22

| title2 = Triple Double

| note2 = featuring ASAP Rocky

| writer2 = {{hlist|Rakim Mayers}}

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = Shiner

| length3 = 2:04

| title4 = Dummy

| writer4 = {{hlist|Elliott Kozel}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Tickle Torture}}

| length4 = 2:57

| title5 = Bruiseboy

| length5 = 3:23

| title6 = Pegasus

| length6 = 2:23

| title7 = Poster Child

| writer7 = {{hlist|Kozel|Jesse Schuster|Simon Edward Christensen}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Tickle Torture|Psymun}}

| length7 = 1:34

| title8 = 06 Burst

| writer8 = {{hlist|Lecx Stacy}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Stacy}}

| length8 = 2:45

| title9 = Starface

| writer9 = {{hlist|James Harmon Stack}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Jim-E Stack}}

| length9 = 2:56

| title10 = Policía

| writer10 = {{hlist|Nick León}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|León}}

| length10 = 2:25

| title11 = Clear Bones

| writer11 = {{hlist|Blake Slatkin}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Slatkin}}

| length11 = 2:47

| title12 = Power Freaks

| length12 = 4:12

| title13 = Pyrotechnics

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gabe Wax}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Wax}}

| length13 = 4:27

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