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Artificial Go – Musical Chairs – New LPCincinnati 2025. Second pressing of 250 copies packaged in a full color jacket with 11x17" insert. Musical Chairs by Artificial Go Building on 2024s Hopscotch Fever LP, Cincinnatis Artificial Go return with ten more tracks of existential post punk chamber pop. Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the bands house, the core trio of Angie Willcutt, Micah Wu, and Cole Gilfilen have traded the sparse jangle of their debut for a broader,
Cincinnati 2025. Second pressing of 250 copies packaged in a full color jacket with 11x17" insert.
Building on 2024’s Hopscotch Fever LP, Cincinnati’s Artificial Go return with ten more tracks of existential post-punk chamber pop. Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the band’s house, the core trio of Angie Willcutt, Micah Wu, and Cole Gilfilen have traded the sparse jangle of their debut for a broader, fuller sound this time around. Musical Chairs deftly meshes the angular excitability of Hopscotch Fever with a spectral warmth and expensiveness able to encompass acoustic guitars, Wu’s almost metaphysical funk bass lines, tape loops and blips and bleeps, a guest spot by Eric Dietrich (of The Drin and Sorry Eric) on saxophone, and Gilfilen’s hip moving boom-bap drumming add to the excitement. What’s more, the band’s comfort with each other (they live together for chrissake) and growing confidence in their collaborative creative process is evident throughout. From the live-take “Red Convertible” (with its layered recursive structure - the musical equivalent of a kid laughing and spinning in circles just for fun) to the lunch-break-composed and after-work-recorded “Circles.” On Musical Chairs Artificial Go expands their stylistic palate while retaining the New / No / Whatever Wave weirdness that charmed listeners on their debut —a group effort to be sure, but spearheaded by Angie Willcutt’s singular voice and clever, adroit lyrics. In Willcutt’s hands, the struggles, and at times terrors, of our current age are playfully subverted with agile world play and dynamic vocalization that moves from sweet and dreamy to cartoonishly exaggerated as she charts an emotional course through such topics as the difficulties of playing the role of “woman” in a misogynist world (“Playing Puppet”) or the injustice of anthropocentric hierarchy (“Tightrope Walker”). Musical Chairs is serious music not meant to be taken too seriously, a playful act of resistance, a meditation on the good and bad of this world, and ultimately a remarkable statement on the continuing growth of Artificial Go. -Ben Michaelis
released May 16, 2025
Recorded & Mixed by Cole Gilfilen at Lambda Research / The Attic
Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios
Angie Willcutt: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Xylophone
Cole Gilfilen: Guitar, Bass, Drum, Keys
Micah Wu: Guitar, Bass, Drum, Keys
Eric Dietrich: Saxophone (Circles)
Claudio Thornburgh: Guitar (Late To The Party) Keys (Yaya)
Recorded & Mixed by Cole Gilfilen at Lambda Research / The Attic
Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios
Angie Willcutt: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Xylophone
Cole Gilfilen: Guitar, Bass, Drum, Keys
Micah Wu: Guitar, Bass, Drum, Keys
Eric Dietrich: Saxophone (Circles)
Claudio Thornburgh: Guitar (Late To The Party) Keys (Yaya)
Artificial Go is a new four piece hailing from the DIY post-punk scene of Cincinnati, Ohio. A little bit mercurial, a little bit iconic. Artificial Go is operating out of their own genre - not quite post-punk, not quite pop. Hopscotch Fever seems to have been recorded just outside of the collective-genre-periphery to form some sort of extraterrestrial kind of music. With angular guitar breaks, bouncing rhythms, and jolting vocals, Artificial Go is truly here on their own terms.
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★★★★★ 3
Beta readers, please
Format: Kindle
I haven’t written a review in a while but this one motivated me to because it had potential and with some honest beta readers correcting its nonsense, it could have been pretty good. The writing is awkward at times and the world building was slow and one dimensional until around half way through and then it got much better. The main issues are with the characters, dialogue and plot. The FMC swings from stupidly trusting her “ friends” even when she is repeatedly betrayed to hating those who betrayed her to seemingly forgetting she hated them. It’s a whirlwind that reeks of adolescent drama and doesn’t fit the plot the author was trying, I think, to execute. The ridiculous decisions the character makes are so obviously made to move the plot in the direction the author was trying to go and was so basic in plot writing it was at times like reading a teenager’s writing project. It was hard to connect to the main character and hard to like any of the others. The author has potential but it was not met in this book. I will not be reading the next and really had to push through to even finish this one.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Cliffhanger oh my
Format: Kindle
I liked this a lot. Fast paced, some deception, a lil bit of scheming, and not such a happy ending.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2024
★★★★★ 4
Good Read
Format: Kindle
Dahlia, Ryken and Aiden are in quite the lovers triangle. I was very invested in Dahlia’s story and what was going to happen next. I loved that she fought for herself and tried to stand up for what she believed and her friends, rather than just giving in. Even though there were predictable portions of the story, I was still invested enough not to care. I’m curious what will happen in book 2. The spice level is mild, but maybe it will get spicier?? The only reason I gave the story four stars was because the world building in the beginning of the story was a bit confusing. I could’ve used a bit more explanation. Overall - I recommend to anyone who loves a story about lovers triangles & a FMC who struggles with an overwhelming power.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
★★★★★ 5
SO GOOD!!
Format: Kindle
Okay this is definitely one of my favorite books of 2023. I was in a reading slump and this book made me feel excited! I read it all day and stayed up till 3 to finish it, could not put it down.
Spoilers so you may wanna stop reading.
Spice? ✅ plot? ✅ magic? ✅
I loved the fact that our fmc romance did not just start with the mmc. Like cmon most people don’t end up with their true love right away and we gotta kiss a couple toads before we find him. I LOVED our Ryken omg new book boyfriend. I am just sad I have to wait now for the next book. That ending!!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
★★★★★ 4
The gasp I gasped!
Format: Kindle
Okay so “dark fantasy” is not a go to of mine, like at all. But OMG! I loved this. I personally didn’t feel like any of the themes were that “dark”. The story and the characters were so intriguing and I was instantly hooked! It was such a rollercoaster ride from beginning to end, and it was well worth it!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023