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01. Mo Troper - Total Euphoria
02. Mo Troper - The Expendables Ride Again
03. Mo Troper - American Dad
04. Mo Troper - The Perfect Song
05. Mo Troper - Quarter Beare
06. Mo Troper - New King
07. Mo Troper - Blake and Lanny
08. Mo Troper - All My Friends Are Venmo
09. Mo Troper - Better Than That
10. Mo Troper - X-Ray Vision
11. Mo Troper - Cum on My Khakis
12. Mo Troper - Sugar and Cream
13. Mo Troper - The Blood Donor in Me
14. Mo Troper - Better Than Nothing
15. Mo Troper - I Would Dance With You
16. Mo Troper - Velvet Scholars Line
17. Mo Troper - My Master's Voice
18. Mo Troper - My Parrot
19. Mo Troper - Winged Commander
20. Mo Troper - Camelot
21. Mo Troper - Caleb
22. Mo Troper - Skyscraper Sized Bong
23. Mo Troper - Rejected Jingle
24. Mo Troper - Armpit
25. Mo Troper - Wet T-Shirt Contest
26. Mo Troper - Tears on My Dockers
27. Mo Troper - My Canary Was Sure to Run
28. Mo Troper - A Girl Like Andy
ARTIST
TITLE
Dilettante
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
BBI 028LP BBI 028LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/29/2022

Dilettante (n.): a person with an amateur interest in the arts; an album of postcard-length power pop songs. See also: Mo Troper IV.

Dilettante -- also known as Mo Troper IV -- combines decades of power-pop worship, scholarship, and penmanship into a 28-track collection of sprints. The playlist-as-album pundits might call it a data dump, but Mo brands it as a relaxed way to finish song sketches in unprecedented times. IV is a work that some of his friends call a musical, but this claim remains unverified. If there's anybody aching to spin up a limiter-drenched production centered around scrolling a cluttered inbox for serotonin, prototype theme songs for public access shows plugged into the scene, and gasp-long dips into math rock, 1990s video game cheese, and medieval revelry, get in touch. For those less dramatically inclined, there's plenty here to pick up the slack. Mo gushes about "The Perfect Song" with syrupy, undeniably guitar pop that's a remarkable stand-in for the gold he describes. False showtune "Sugar and Cream" goes medium about the wizardry found in a cup of coffee. Clipped moments like the sub-minute love song "Skyscraper Sized Bong" are as ephemeral as they are effective, shoving callouts to Big Star and Teenage Fanclub into pocket- sized arrangements. The fourth album, first on Bobo Integral Records, of the Portland power pop genius Mo Trooper. Red vinyl.