''Whiteout'' is an album by

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band

Boss Hog Boss Hog is an American punk blues band including the husband and wife duo of Jon Spencer (guitar) and Cristina Martinez (vocals) along with Jens Jurgensen (bass), Hollis Queens (drums) and Mickey Finn (keyboard). The band achieved some notorie ...

Music

While previous Boss Hog albums were indelibly stamped with the guitar-heavy aesthetic of

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critic

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describes ''Whiteout'' as fully planned and led by Cristina Martinez. The results are a modernized version of the group's signature sound, "garage punk and new wave girl groups as refracted through a 21st century looking glass." ''SPIN'' called it "ingeniously slicked-up garage pop."

Track listing

All songs written by

Personnel

;Musicians: * Cristina Martinez –

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– guitar, backing vocals * Jens Jurgensen – bass * Hollis Queens – drums, backing vocals * Mark Boyce – keyboard ;Production: * Staffan Olofsson – mastering on Tracks 1, 2 and 6-8 * Roger Jonsson – mastering on Tracks 3-5, 9 and 10 at CD-Plant Mastering,

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– mixing on Tracks 1-4 and "Get It While You Wait" at

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* Bil Emmons – engineering * Reto Peter – assistant engineer on Tracks 1-4 *

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– mixing on "Fear for You" * Eric Tew & Phil Painson – assistant engineers on "Fear for You" and "Jaguar" * Eric Tew – assistant engineer on "Get It While You Wait" and "Itchy & Scratchy" *

JG Thirlwell James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960), also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles. ...

– mixing on "Jaguar" *

Roli Mosimann Roli Mosimann is a drummer, electronic musician and record producer who has worked in genres ranging from industrial to pop. Originally from Switzerland, Mosimann first came to attention with the New York City no wave band Swans and later colla ...

– mixing on "Itchy & Scratchy" at East Side Sounds * Juan Garcia – assistant engineer on "Trouble" and "Monkey" * Cris Moor – photography * Laura Genninger – art direction * STUDIO 191 – design

References

External links

* 2000 albums Boss Hog albums In the Red Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub