Strange Behavior by Katy Pinke
Each track on Katy Pinke’s Strange Behavior—her viscerally affecting big swing of a sophomore record—feels like an act of transformation. In the Manhattan-based singer-songwriter, painter, and actor’s songs, characters navigate through persistent emotional adversity, push against the limitations of their understanding, and make peace with ambiguity. Pinke outlines their trains of thought in a lithe soprano that recalls Connie Converse or Blossom Dearie, within angular songforms that bring to mind Bill Callahan and Syd Barrett’s winding musical syntaxes. Her avant-rock arrangements are full of playful and unnerving complications, with contributions from multi-instrumentalist/co-producer Nico Osbourne, guitarist Will Graefe and drummer Jeremy Gustin of Star Rover, and more.
Across a given song, Pinke exhaustively follows an emotional event from start to finish, moving from a modest kernel of thought to a final offering-up of the self to fate, the cosmos, or to one’s own mercy (see “Strange Behavior,” where the band and Pinke explode in the final moments, finally acting out the behavior). Through this process, she helps her narrators work towards a clearer view of themselves, underscoring their trajectories with odd electroacoustic flourishes and full-tilt rock’n’roll interjections. Few songwriters reach as tirelessly and earnestly toward revelation with as much single-mindedness and generosity of spirit.
-Winston Cook-Wilson, NYC, November 2024
Tracklist
| 1. | High School | 3:51 |
| 2. | Oranges | 4:13 |
| 3. | Look Around | 4:21 |
| 4. | Strange Behavior | 3:31 |
| 5. | Robot Blues | 2:44 |
| 6. | Hard Off | 3:24 |
| 7. | You Are There (Blossom Dearie) | 3:37 |
| 8. | Not What I Thought (album version) | 3:57 |
| 9. | Sadness Like Jewelry | 1:44 |
Credits
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STRANGE BEHAVIOR CREDITS:
Album art: Katy Pinke
Produced by: Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Engineering and mixing: Nate Mendelsohn
Additional engineering: Nico Osborne
Mastering: Eli Crews
Side A
Track 1 // High School
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Katy Pinke
Drums, Percussion Jeremy Gustin
Lead Guitar Will Graefe
Bass Nico Osborne
Spooky Keys Nico Osborne
Spooky Additional Guitar and BGV Katy Pinke
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Additional engineering Nico Osborne
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Figure 8
Additional tracking and production at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Track 2 // Oranges
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Katy Pinke
Drums, Percussion Jeremy Gustin
Lead Guitar Will Graefe
Bass Nico Osborne
Synth Bass Katy Pinke
Additional percussion Katy Pinke
Additional FX Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Additional Engineering Nico Osborne
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Figure 8
Additional tracking and production at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Track 3 // Look Around
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Katy Pinke
Drums, Percussion Jeremy Gustin
Lead Guitar Will Graefe
Synth Nico Osborne
Piano Halsey Philip Harkins
Harmonies Halsey Philip Harkins
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Additional Engineering Nico Osborne
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Figure 8
Additional tracking and production at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Track 4 // Strange Behavior
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Katy Pinke
Drums Jeremy Gustin
Lead Guitar Will Graefe
Additional Lead Guitar Nico Osborne
Bass Stephen Becker
Whistling/piano clip Trixie Whitley
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Additional Engineering Nico Osborne and Stephen Becker
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Figure 8
Additional tracking and production at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Bass tracked at Stephen Becker’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Track 6 // Robot Blues
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Katy Pinke
Piano Halsey Philip Harkins
Percussion Mike Gebhart
Engineering Nico Osborne
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Side B
Track 6 // Hard Off
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Katy Pinke
Drums Jeremy Gustin
Lead Guitar Will Graefe
Bass Nico Osborne
Piano Trixie Whitley
Harmonies Trixie Whitley
Whistling Trixie Whitley
iMessage voice text audio Mike Gebhart, Katy Pinke
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Additional Engineering Nico Osborne
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Figure 8
Additional tracking and production at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Keys, Harmonies, Whistling recorded at Trixie Whitley’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Track 7 // You Are There (Blossom Dearie)
Lead Vocals Katy Pinke
Guitar Will Graefe
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Recorded at Figure 8
Music and Lyrics by David Frishberg and John Mandel
Track 8 // Not What I Thought
Lead Vocals Katy Pinke
Piano Katy Pinke
Engineering Grant Shapiro
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
Track 9 // Sadness Like Jewelry
Lead Vocals, Guitar Katy Pinke
Percussion Jeremy Gustin
Additional Guitar Will Graefe
Bass Nico Osborne
Engineering Nate Mendelsohn
Additional engineering Nico Osborne
Mixing Nate Mendelsohn
Mastering Eli Crews
Produced by Katy Pinke and Nico Osborne
Recorded at Figure 8
Additional tracking and production at Nico Osborne’s home studio
Music and Lyrics by Katy Pinke
With thanks to:
Jon Wiley, Ryan Weiner, Winston Cook-Wilson, Charlie Kaplan, Mike Gebhart, Lily Cowles, Caroline Siegel, Sam Siegel, Will Pinke, Dan Soto
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