Bounty (album)

Bounty (stylised in all lowercase) is the second studio album by Swedish audiovisual project iamamiwhoami, led by singer and songwriter Jonna Lee. Originally produced and released as a series of singles throughout 2010 and 2011, it was later released as an album on 3 June 2013 on Lee's label To whom it may concern. and distributed by Cooperative Music. The first music video from Bounty, titled "B", was released on 14 March 2010 on iamamiwhoami's YouTube channel, after which followed "O", "U-1", "U-2", "N", "T" and "Y". Digital singles were released shortly after each music video is uploaded to YouTube. The titles collectively formed the word "bounty". While it was assumed that these songs solely consisted of Bounty's track listing, in 2011 two more singles and music videos, "; John" and "Clump", were released and were not confirmed as belonging to Bounty until June 2012 when iamamiwhoami's YouTube channel grouped them into a playlist named Bounty along with the previous tracks mentioned.

Bounty
Studio album by iamamiwhoami
Released	3 June 2013 (2013-06-03)
Recorded	2010–2011
Genre	Electropop experimental pop
Length	43:22
Label	To whom it may concern. Cooperative
Director	Robin Kempe-Bergman
Producer	Claes Björklund
Iamamiwhoami chronology
Kin (2012) Bounty (2013) Blue (2014)

On 4 December 2012, iamamiwhoami's label website To whom it may concern. was updated with a note on the front page which stated "20130603 – iamamiwhoami; bounty", forecasting a physical release of the Bounty series. This was confirmed on the very next day when the "Release" section of the website displayed Bounty's album cover art, along with its track listing. Aside from a digital release, the album was released in two physical formats—a CD and DVD bundle and an LP and DVD bundle.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Consequence of Sound	C+[3]
DIY	6/10[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[5]
musicOMH	[6]

Bounty received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on seven reviews.^[1] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that "there's a lot to enjoy" on the album, adding that "bounty was made to create mystique and interest, and it still does that even after iamamiwhoami's secret wasn't one anymore."^[2] Aaron Payne of musicOMH lauded the album as "wonderfully idiosyncratic" and viewed it as "an album to be continually surprised by, for those who already know it as well as those who don't, especially if it's given the chance to perform on video as well as vinyl."^[6]

Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound opined, "As spectacular as the visuals are, the project's core is the music", calling Bounty "a lively collection of electro-pop that does lots with its limited palette."^[3] Jon Clark of Drowned in Sound commented, "It may be somewhat on the lofty, artistic side, but bounty manages somehow to avoid ostentation; it is largely elegant, grounded and rewarding."^[5] Julia Sachs of Slug implied that "with their dreamy vocals and experimental pop sound, iamamiwhoami deliver an album that will please many different types of music lovers.^[7] In a mixed review, Tom Watts of DIY described the album as "a joyful exploration of synthy soundscapes and haunting vocals", but concluded that "bounty is a record that, whilst great to vibe out to, kind of feels a little stitched together piecemeal."^[4]

Promotion

As with Kin, the group embarked upon a worldwide tour in order to promote the album, including their first North American performances.

Date	City	Country	Event
Europe
19 May 2013	Barcelona	Spain	Razzmatazz
30 May 2013	London	England	Electric Brixton
1 June 2013	Dublin	Ireland	Forbidden Fruit Festival
30 June 2013	Moscow	Russia	Park Live Festival
12 July 2013	Trenčín	Slovakia	Pohoda
19 July 2013	Gräfenhainichen	Germany	Melt! Festival
21 July 2013	Southwold	England	Latitude Festival
18 August 2013	Gdańsk	Poland	Soundrive Festival
22 September 2013	Oakdale	United States	Symbiosis Gathering
24 September 2013	Brooklyn		Brooklyn Masonic Temple

Track listing

All lyrics written by Jonna Lee; all tracks written by Lee and Claes Björklund.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"B"	3:29
2.	"O"	6:37
3.	"U-1"	2:39
4.	"U-2"	3:41
5.	"N"	4:35
6.	"T"	4:39
7.	"Y"	6:37
8.	"; John"	6:39
9.	"Clump"	4:27

Notes

• All track titles are stylised in all lowercase. For example, "U-1" is stylised as "u-1" and "; John" is stylised as "; john".

Personnel

Credits adapted from To whom it may concern. website.^[8]

Music Jonna Lee – vocals Claes Björklund – production Dan Smith – mastering

Visuals Jonna Lee – production Robin Kempe-Bergman – direction John Strandh – cinematography Agustín Moreaux – production design, styling, costumes Klara Bjärkstedt – costumes

References

1. "bounty by Iamamiwhoami Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
2. Phares, Heather. "bounty – iamamiwhoami". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
3. Geffen, Sasha (17 June 2013). "iamamiwhoami – bounty". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
4. Watts, Tom (2013). "iamamiwhoami – bounty". DIY. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
5. Clark, Jon (12 June 2013). "iamamiwhoami – bounty". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
6. Payne, Aaron (2013). "iamamiwhoami – bounty". musicOMH. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
7. Sachs, Julia (4 June 2013). "Review: Iamamiwhoami – Bounty". Slug. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
8. "iamamiwhoami; bounty". To whom it may concern.

External links

• iamamiwhoami; bounty on To whom it may concern.
• iamamiwhoami; bounty playlist on YouTube