House of Sugar Tracklist
House of Sugar is the eighth studio album by American musician Alex G, released on September 13, 2019, through Domino Recording Company.
The album’s title is a reference to both the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the gingerbread house from the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel.”
House of Sugar was recorded in New York City and Alex’s home in Philadelphia, except for “SugarHouse (Live),” which was recorded at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room in St. Louis, Missouri on November 6, 2018. Drums for “Walk away,” “Hope,” “Taking,” and “Crime” were recorded at PUDH II. The drums for “Near” were recorded at The Acchione’s in Philadelphia.
Alex G debuted on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart following the release of House of Sugar. The album appeared on several Billboard charts, including reaching the number 5 spot on the Heatseekers Albums chart as well as number 3 on Vinyl Albums, number 20 on Rock Album Sales, and number 43 on Top Album Sales with 5000 equivalent album units earned.
“House of Sugar” Q&A
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What does the title of the album mean?
In an interview Phawker, published on November 27, 2019, Alex G said:
It sounds like, ridiculous, but I truly wasn’t thinking about SugarHouse [a casino, now renamed, near Philadelphia] when I named it. There’s a short story I read called “The House Made of Sugar” by Silvina Ocampo. I like her stories a lot and I think that title sorta got lodged in my subconscious, and so I was just throwing names at the wall and somehow that one came to me, and I forgot that I had read it in the story, I forgot about SugarHouse Casino, and I was like, “Oh, I came up with this great name, The House of Sugar!” I think it probably is the result of all those different influences.
