Pregnant is an American musical project founded by Daniel Trudeau in Placerville, California in 2004.[1] Their sound has been described as "mutant pop sound collages".[2] They have released music on Porter Records and Mush Records[3]
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| Origin | Placerville, California, U.S. |
| Genres | folk, electronic, experimental |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Mush Records Porter Records |
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Career
editPregnant started as a solo project consisting only of Daniel Trudeau. The first album, Ike Wimin, was released on KDVS Recordings in 2009. The second album, Liquidation on Swans (2010) was produced and mixed by Andy Morin of Death Grips.[4] Pregnant continued as a solo project for the albums Regional Music (2010) and Life Hard: I Try[5] (2011).
For their fifth album, Pottery Mill (2013), Pregnant became a duo with the addition of Daniel's brother Matt Trudeau.[6] Each subsequent album has featured different band members and guest musicians, with Daniel Trudeau being the only consistent member.
Pregnant has been active in cassette culture throughout their career, releasing EPs, remix albums and collaborations exclusively on cassette.[7] In 2014 Daniel started a project called Your Song, in which people could donate $7 or more through the band's Bandcamp page for him to write, record and release a song about them. He commissioned over 100 songs for this project, which were released as compilations through independent cassette labels.[8]
Albums
edit- Ike Wimin (KDVS Recordings, 2009)[2]
- Liquidation On Swans (Life's Blood, 2010)[2]
- Regional Music (Life's Blood, 2010)
- Life Hard: I Try (Mush, 2011)
- Tradition (w/ Alak Porter Records, 2011)
- Pottery Mill (Mush, 2013)[9]
- Inconvenience (Porch Party Records, 2014)[10]
- John Raw (Crash Symbols, 2014)[11]
- Duct Tape (Plastic Response Records, 2017)[12]
- 100% Beef (Possible Recordworks, 2021)[13]
EPs
edit- Akimbo (Fold, 2024)
Cassettes
edit- Watch Over Me/El Ae (w/ Casey Chisolm, Ascension Recordings, 2013)
- Remixes 2010-2014 (Quantum Wampum, 2014)
- Your Song 1-4 (Staring at the Ceiling, 2014)
- Your Song 5 (Long Live Death Records, 2015)
- Made in China (Uchuu Music, 2016)
- Split (w/ Dean Circone, Hairy Spider Legs, 2016)
Collaboration
edit- Take a Photo (2017) with Mason Lindahl[14]
References
edit- ^ Smith, Rachel (September 20, 2011). "Pregnant: An Appealingly Odd Ramble". npr.org.
- ^ a b c WRIGHT, JOEL (November 13, 2009). "GET PREGNANT". Vice.
- ^ Ranta, Alan (September 6, 2011). "Pregnant Life Hard: I Try". exclaim.ca.
- ^ "Pregnant – Liquidation On Swans (2010, White, Cassette) - Discogs". Discogs.
- ^ Daly, Chris (July 27, 2011). "Beat Traps: Pregnant's "Life Hard: I Try"". passionweiss.com.
- ^ "Daniel Trudeau". Style Magazine.
- ^ "Pregnant cassette releases". discogs.com.
- ^ "Pregnant". Golden Brown.
- ^ "Pottery Mill". mushrecords.com.
- ^ Gillespie, Blake (20 May 2014). "Stream: Pregnant, Inconvenience LP". imposemagazine.com.
- ^ Bitker, Janelle (12 November 2014). "Great Online Expectations". newsreview.com.
- ^ Drabble, Cody (April 6, 2018). "Pregnant Delivers Experimental Pop Held Together With 'Duct Tape'". www.capradio.org.
- ^ Walsh, Keith (October 26, 2021). "Just Outside The Commercial Zone': Pregnant's Outrageously Fun '100% Beef". punkrockbeatbeat.com.
- ^ "Take a Photo". spotify.com.