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Q36 is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rentals, it was self-released on June 26, 2020. It was made available on LP and on digital download. On January 7, 2020, Matt Sharp announced through social media that he would be remixing a collection of tracks from the album titled Z36. Stating that "The remixes have a more atmospheric approach that focus primarily on Nick Zinner’s guitars and my synthesizers."




Background and recording


Matt Sharp announced that the band was working on there then-untitled studio album on October 4, 2017 just before the release of the single "Elon Musk is Making Me Sad", which would become the final track on Q36. Later in 2018, Sharp announced on Twitter that Dave Fridmann would be engineering the album, who had also engineered Weezer's 1996 studio album Pinkerton. Furthermore, on December 20, 2018, Sharp had stated that the mastering had been finished in Sterling Sound in Nashville, Tennessee.
In an interview with The Interplanetary Podcast, Sharp explained that he starting conceiving the album by starting with 50 song ideas. He said that his only rule going in to this album is that none of the songs could be autobiographical, explaining that he had gotten bored of songs about his personal experiences. In this podcast, Sharp also explained how he became associated with guitarist Nick Zinner at a new years party following his band The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed a cover of The Rentals song "The Love I'm Searching For" in 2006. Years later, Sharp was able to convince him to work on a new Rentals album, which became Q36. Sharp and Zinner worked on the songs off the album independently in their own home studios.
The album was formally revealed on November 5, 2019, alongside the lead-single "Spaceships", with pre-orders becoming available on the bands Bandcamp page. The second single, "Forgotten Astronaut" was released on November 20, 2019. Following that, there would be a new single every two weeks, alongside limited-merchandise and clothing designed by Ivan Minnsloff. On March 24, 2020, the record's physical release was postponed due to COVID-19.




Track listing






Personnel


The Rentals

Matt Sharp – vocals, production
Nick Zinner – guitar
Ronnie Vannucci – drums
Musicians

The Gentle Assassins Choir – vocals
Jeffrey Adams (Track 16)
Ayo Awosika
Laura Burhenn
Alejandra Deheza
Arlene Deradoorian
Lizzy Ellison
Bridget Galanis
Zachary Galanis (Track 16)
Jose Galvez
Gotch (Track 12)
Ted Gowans (Track 16)
Jamie Jackson (Track 16)
Andrew James
Keith Murray
Colleen Police (Track 16)
Ryen Slegr
Shon Sullivan
Nedelle Torrisi (Track 16)
Sydney Wayser
Tim Wheeler
The Section Quartet – strings
Eric Gorfain – violin
Daphne Chen – violin
Leah Katz – viola
Richard Dodd – cello
Technical

Dave Fridmann – mixing engineer
Adam Brook – engineer (choir)
Robert Root – engineer (drums)
Paul DuGre – engineer (strings)
Ryan Smith – mastering
Andrew Wilkinson – cover art




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