Luxury Problems

Wikipedia gives November 6, 2012; Juno and Beats Per Minute give October 29 or 30, probably the press date against the street date. Alison Skidmore, Stott's former piano teacher and a trained opera singer, sent a cappella pieces by email and he built the songs around them; they had not been in touch since about 1996, according to a Textura and Forced Exposure summary we could not confirm first-hand. She appears on five of the eight tracks. He added field recordings made on an iPhone, and edited and mixed in Ableton Live. Stott told Pitchfork in 2012 that quitting his job was a luxury problem, as Stereogum reports.

The reception was strong: Metacritic 86 out of 100; AllMusic 5 out of 5; Pitchfork 8.7; PopMatters 9 of 10 and its number one electronic album of 2012; Exclaim 9 of 10; Resident Advisor 4.5 of 5; Spin 8 of 10; Uncut 8 of 10; Rolling Stone 3.5 of 5. The Quietus's Harry Sword wrote that Stott hasn't turned down the Stott; he's turned up the music. A limited violet vinyl repress, a gatefold double LP, appeared in 2023.