The Fool is the full-length debut by Los Angeles-based quartet Warpaint

Warpaint (band)

Warpaint is an American art rock group from Los Angeles, formed in 2004. The band's members are Emily Kokal , Theresa Wayman , Jenny Lee Lindberg , and Stella Mozgawa . The band's membership has also included actress Shannyn Sossamon and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer...

, released on October 25, 2010. It will be their first release since signing to UK-based record label, Rough Trade

Rough Trade

Rough Trade may refer to:*Rough Trade Records, a record label*Rough Trade , linked but independent London record stores*Rough Trade , a Canadian new wave rock band*Rough Trade , an episode of American Dad!...

. It was produced by Tom Biller, and features mixing duties by Andrew Weatherall

Andrew Weatherall

Andrew Weatherall is a DJ, producer, and remixer.Andrew, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel and Steve Mayes started Boy's Own initially as a fanzine commenting on fashion, records, football, and other issues...

 and Adam Samuels. It was streamed live exclusively through The Hype Machine

The Hype Machine

-History:The Hype Machine was created in 2005 by Anthony Volodkin, a sophomore computer science major at Hunter College. The site was born out of Volodkin's frustration with music magazines and radio stations. He said, "I discovered MP3 blogs like Stereogum and Music for Robots...

 on October 19, 2010. The Skinny described it as "dark" and "guilt drenched". Review Aggregator site AnyDecentMusic?

AnyDecentMusic?

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 has currently correlated 30 reviews, resulting in an ADM Rating of 7.7 and a score of 77 on review aggregator site Metacritic

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, indicating the album has been critically well received. Entertainment.ie

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s Jenny Mulligan describes it as stark, haunting and wholly intoxicating.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

 bassist Flea

Flea

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 described the album as 'a sublime and beautiful record', and later vocalist Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,...

 in interview named the Warpaint the most promising on LA scene.

The band describe the album as Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite Corpse (Warpaint album)

Exquisite Corpse is the debut EP from experimental Los Angeles-based group Warpaint. The songs were recorded back in 2007, and the set was self-released by the band in late 2008 and released by Manimal Vinyl in October of 2009. Some of the songs have been in the group's repertoire for over five years...

s "older sister."

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Warpaint.

Personnel

• Emily Kokal – guitar, lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
• Jenny Lee Lindberg – bass, backing vocals
• Theresa Wayman – guitar, lead vocals (3, 4, 5, 8), keyboard (9), drums (1)
• Stella Mozgawa – drums, keyboard, guitar (1)

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...  (U.S.)	176
Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...  Chart	26
Billboard Heatseekers	4
Billboard Tastemakers	19
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	75
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	41