Name: Dilettante
Brand: Mo Troper

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BBI028

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Colour

Colour details

Limited Red Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0719243892333

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

Mo Troper

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Bobo Integral

<i>Dilettante</i> - also known as Mo Troper IV - combines decades of power-pop worship, scholarship, and penmanship into a 28-track collection of sprints. The playlist-as-album pundits might call it a data dump, but Mo brands it as a relaxed way to finish song sketches in unprecedented times. IV is a work that some of his friends call a musical, but this claim remains unverified. If there's anybody aching to spin up a limiter-drenched production centered around scrolling a cluttered inbox for serotonin, prototype theme songs for public access shows plugged into the scene, and gasp-long dips into math rock, 1990s video game cheese, and medieval revelry, get in touch. For those less dramatically inclined, there's plenty here to pick up the slack. 

Mo gushes about "The Perfect Song" with syrupy, undeniably guitar pop that's a remarkable stand-in for the gold he describes. False showtune "Sugar and Cream" goes medium about the wizardry found in a cup of coffee. Clipped moments like the sub-minute love song "Skyscraper Sized Bong" are as ephemeral as they are effective, shoving callouts to Big Star and Teenage Fanclub into pocketsized arrangements.

"I just want to release as much stuff as I can before I'm dead" says Mo about doing a 28-track record and we celebrate the statement.

"Mo Troper is a power pop genius on Dilettante" - The Fader 

"Portland-based Mo Troper is a prolific purveyor of fuzzed-out power-pop" - Stereogum 

"As an album-length experience, Dilettante fits somewhere between the trifecta of Ween, Daniel Johnston, and Guided By Voices for a creative, catchy, and invigorating collection of power pop tunes" - Swim Into The Sound 

"Featuring 28 tracks in under 50 minutes, the fourth album from Portland, Oregon power-pop artist Mo Troper is a creative explosion" - Pitchfork