Intimate Lightning

Intimate Lightning
Intimate Lightning
Studio album by Neptune
Released	March 20, 2004
Recorded	2003
Studio	BC, Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City
Genre	Noise rock; experimental; no wave; post-punk;
Length	36:59
Label	Mr. Records (CD) / 100% Breakfast (LP)
Producer	Martin Bisi; Neptune;

Intimate Lightning is the third full-length album by American noise rock band Neptune, released on March 20, 2004, by Mr. Records (CD) / 100% Breakfast Records (LP).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.9/10^[1]

Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari described the album's songs as "tightly wound nailbombs of rapidly shifting meters, clanging rhythms, and mathtacular start/stop passages designed for maximum sensory damage. Sanford's vocals are secondary, it seems, to the grotesque clatter surrounding them – he whispers and growls squarely in the middle of the mix, perfectly content to let the pummeling grooves overwhelm his Dadaist lyrics." In Chicago-based independent music magazine Punk Planet's 62nd issue, reviewer Rex Reason stated while attempting to review Intimate Lightning: "The use of certain comparisons is warned against when reviewing records. At the top of the list are "if Band A and Band B had a baby..." and "if Band A and Band B were in a blender..." This record sounds like a swarm of insects making a baby with a band in a blender."^[2]

Packaging

Intimate Lightning was issued on CD by Boston, MA independent label Mr. Records. The LP version was released by Cambridge, MA independent record label 100% Breakfast Records and was pressed on white vinyl. Due to several production errors at the pressing plant, only 141 copies of the Intimate Lightning LP were released.^[3]

On the vinyl version, side A ends in a locked groove with the culmination of the track "At the Pink Pony". On the CD version, "At the Pink Pony" slowly cross-fades into the next track "Automatic".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neptune, except where noted.

*Intimate Lightning* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tiny Conductor"	3:36
2.	"Misty"	3:08
3.	"Silver Planets"	3:40
4.	"A Little Spider"	4:20
5.	"At the Pink Pony"	3:39
6.	"Automatic" (written by Jane Wiedlin, originally performed by the Go Go's)	2:38
7.	"In This Hemisphere"	5:05
8.	"A Car Is a Weapon"	2:22
9.	"Jeremy Bentham"	2:27
10.	"The Gilded Bomb"	5:47