Transaction de Novo

Transaction de Novo is the third studio album by Bedhead, an American indie rock band. It was released on February 10, 1998 (1998-02-10), on Trance Syndicate Records, and was the band's only record engineered by Steve Albini. It met with positive reviews.

Transaction de Novo
Studio album by Bedhead
Released	February 10, 1998 (1998-02-10)
Recorded	May 2–9, 1997
Genre	Slowcore[1]
Length	36:58
Label	Trance Syndicate
Producer	Steve Albini
Bedhead chronology
Beheaded (1996) Transaction de Novo (1998) Macha Loved Bedhead (2000)

History

Production

Bedhead's final LP, Transaction de Novo was recorded from May 2, 1997 to May 9, 1997, and engineered by Steve Albini.^[2] In a departure from their usual sound, Transaction De Novo featured more up-tempo, heavily distorted songs than its predecessors.^[2][3]

Release

Transaction de Novo was released on February 10, 1998 (1998-02-10), on Trance Syndicate Records.^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork Media	9.6/10[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[1]

AllMusic wrote: "It's hard to imagine the group perfecting this sound much further."^[4] The album received a near perfect 9.6/10 score from Pitchfork Media, with the reviewer stating that "over the course of a couple of albums and EPs, Dallas' Bedhead have delivered some of the most lush, gorgeous guitar music of this, or any other decade... One gets to wondering if these people have ever played a bum note, let alone a dud song. Bedhead will make you feel more at peace with yourself. Love them accordingly."^[5] The album received a perfect 5/5 score from Tiny Mix Tapes, with the reviewer saying the album "is definitely Bedhead's most earnest release. There is much less distortion and instrumental chaos and more emphasis on concentrated song structures with plaintive, hummable melodies. Despite...extremely minute imperfections, Transaction De Novo proves itself to be one of the most intimate and lush albums ever to grace indie ears. It acts as the album that crowns Bedhead's reign as kings and founders of slowcore."^[1]

Conversely, a review in the Austin American-Statesman described Transaction de Novo as "[stumbling] along at an uncomfortably slow pace" with no deviation from the band's previous releases.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt and Bubba Kadane.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Exhume"	4:18
2.	"More Than Ever"	4:19
3.	"Parade"	4:50
4.	"Half-Thought"	3:34
5.	"Extramundane"	3:05
6.	"Forgetting"	3:41
7.	"Lepidoptera"	3:04
8.	"Psychosomatica"	3:16
9.	"The Present"	7:00
Total length:		37:00

Personnel

Musical personnel

• Bubba Kadane - guitar, vocals, producer
• Matt Kadane - guitar, vocals, producer
• Trini Martinez - drums
• Kris Wheat - bass
• Tench Coxe - guitar

Production

• Steve Albini - engineer