Beauty Pill is an American rock band from Washington, D.C., based largely around the songs and ideas of singer/guitarist/producer Chad Clark. Beauty Pill's music is generally characterized by cinematic arrangements, angular melodies, and electronic textures. This detailed, atmospheric aesthetic contrasts the more raw punk of its labelmates on Dischord Records. This sensibility reflects Clark's parallel profession as a producer and engineer. His discography includes work with The Dismemberment Plan, Sparklehorse, Fugazi, Blakroc, Bernie Worrell, Marc Ribot, Mary Timony, The Evens, Lungfish, Bob Mould, The Wilderness, The Caribbean, Craig Wedren, among others. Career Trio period (2001–2002) Following the dissolution of their previous band Smart Went Crazy, Chad Clark and Abram Goodrich formed a new project. They invited Joanne Gholl and the trio made an EP called The Cigarette Girl from the Future. studio experimentation and simple tunes. It received critical praise from The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Pitchfork (which rated the record a 9.0). However, the attempt to transform into a touring band proved difficult and this incarnation of Beauty Pill dissolved before ever playing a show. Quintet period (2003–2005) Rachel Burke, a recent Seattle-DC transplant and fan of the Cigarette Girl EP joined the band. They went on to recruit bassist Basla Andolsun and guitarist Drew Doucette, along with drummer Ryan Nelson, all of whom had been in bands Clark had recorded. The quintet released a lo-fi EP called You Are Right To Be Afraid followed shortly by a full-length album called The Unsustainable Lifestyle. Rachel Burke announced that she was moving back to Seattle in order to be closer to her family, drawing the quintet period to a close. "Ann the Word"/Sextet period (2006–2007) Jean Cook replaced Rachel Burke as singer. Ryan Nelson left to form the band Soccer Team and was replaced by Devin Ocampo (also a veteran of Smart Went Crazy). With Cook singing, Beauty Pill published the demo for a new song called “Ann The Word” via the band's Myspace page. At nearly 7 minutes, the song differed from the more "rock" sound of the quintet period. With electronic sounds and quasi-Japanese sonorities, “Ann The Word” was the most complex/technological thing Beauty Pill had ever released. The song went on to stream 100,000+ times on MySpace. In interviews, Clark said “‘Ann The Word’ changed my life.” To embrace this new sensibility, Cook began to use a Macbook as an instrument onstage. Chad Clark illness In