Parastrophics

Parastrophics is a studio album by German electronica duo Mouse on Mars. It was released by Monkeytown Records in 2012.

Parastrophics
Studio album by Mouse on Mars
Released	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Recorded	2007–2011
Studio	St. Martin Tonstudio, Düsseldorf; Paraverse 4, Berlin
Genre	IDM, wonky
Length	46:14
Label	Monkeytown Records
Producer	Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma
Mouse on Mars chronology
Varcharz (2006) Parastrophics (2012) WOW (2012)
Singles from Parastrophics
"They Know Your Name" Released: 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	8/10[3]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[4]
PopMatters	[5]
Resident Advisor	3.5/5[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Skinny	[8]
Spin	7/10[9]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Parastrophics received an average score of 74% based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "an album that's a rebirth and a welcome return for one of electronic music's most restlessly creative acts."^[2] Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, describing it as "a surreal pop record that gleefully warps the tones and inflections of modern radio tunes into funhouse mirror abstractions."^[7]

PopMatters placed it at number 4 on the "Best Electronic Music of 2012" list,^[10] as well as number 10 on the "Top 10 Pleasant Surprise Albums of 2012" list.^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Beach Stop"	3:23
2.	"Chordblocker, Cinnamon Toasted"	3:12
3.	"Metrotopy"	3:45
4.	"Wienuss"	3:42
5.	"They Know Your Name"	3:54
6.	"Syncropticians"	5:53
7.	"Cricket"	2:13
8.	"iMatch"	4:53
9.	"Polaroyced"	3:12
10.	"Gearknot Cherry"	2:59
11.	"Bruised to Imwimper"	0:43
12.	"Baku Hipster"	3:07
13.	"Seaqz"	5:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Jan St. Werner – writing, lyrics (5)
• Andi Toma – writing, lyrics (5)
• Dodo Nkishi – lyrics (3, 5)
• Ya Tosiba – lyrics, vocals (12)
• Esther Grimaldi – vocals (1)
• Steven Jo – vocals (2)