it’s funny how expectations can affect a listen. if this album came on my stereo and I had no idea who it was, I’m pretty sure I’d be blown away. actually, even with expectations, I was still pretty blown away, although I do agree with Stereogum’s notion of tracks 7-9 being not as good as the rest of the album. All Hour Cymbals might be better as a cohesive album, but Madder Red and ONE are 10s in my book. fucking amazing tracks. (oh yeah, and I also don’t think they sound much like Animal Collective…sure, there is some looped delay-heavy stuff going on, but really that’s a Brian Eno thing way before either group. Yeasayer’s percussion is way different, and IMHO more interesting, plus very different songwriting than AnCo). in the parlance of our times, Odd Blood WIN
it’s funny how expectations can affect a listen. if this album came on my stereo and I had no idea who it was, I’m pretty sure I’d be blown away. actually, even with expectations, I was still pretty blown away, although I do agree with Stereogum’s notion of tracks 7-9 being not as good as the rest of the album. All Hour Cymbals might be better as a cohesive album, but Madder Red and ONE are 10s in my book. fucking amazing tracks. (oh yeah, and I also don’t think they sound much like Animal Collective…sure, there is some looped delay-heavy stuff going on, but really that’s a Brian Eno thing way before either group. Yeasayer’s percussion is way different, and IMHO more interesting, plus very different songwriting than AnCo). in the parlance of our times, Odd Blood WIN