LP is the first album by the band Discovery

Discovery (band)

Discovery is the American indie rock, electronic, funk recording project of Rostam Batmanglij, the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend, and Wesley Miles, the vocalist from Ra Ra Riot, friends who began recording together in the summer of 2005.-History:...

, released July 7, 2009 on vinyl and July 14, 2009 on CD via XL Recordings

XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

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Reception

Initial critical response to LP was generally favorable. At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

Standard score

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average

Weighted mean

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 score of 63, based on seventeen reviews.

Promotion

"Slang Tang" was featured in the CW

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 television series Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl (TV series)

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(episode title: Dr. Estrangeloved).

Track listing

All songs written by Rostam Batmanglij and Wes Miles, except where noted.

1. "Orange Shirt" – 3:31
2. "Osaka Loop Line" (Batmanglij, Miles, Ezra Koenig) – 4:02
3. "Can You Discover?" – 2:22
4. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" featuring Angel Deradoorian
   Angel Deradoorian
   Angel Deradoorian is a Brooklyn-based musician best known for her work with Dirty Projectors. Deradoorian's debut EP, Mind Raft, was released under her surname on May 5, 2009 by Lovepump United Records. Her last name is of Armenian heritage...
   
    – 2:40
5. "So Insane" – 3:13
6. "Swing Tree" – 2:38
7. "Carby" featuring Ezra Koenig
   Ezra Koenig
   Ezra Koenig is the lead singer and one of the guitarists of New York-based indie rock band Vampire Weekend.-Background:...
   
    (Batmanglij, Miles, Ezra Koenig) – 3:07
8. "I Want You Back (In Discovery)" (The Corporation) – 3:26
9. "It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault)" – 2:34
10. "Slang Tang" – 2:28

Personnel

• Rostam Batmanglij – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , drum
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   and synth
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
   programming
  Programming (music)
  Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
  
  and playing
• Wes Miles – vocals, drum and synth programming and playing