Rating: 70.00
Genre: Experimental Post-Rock
The fourth proper studio release from the New York based four-piece. They hit the big time with 2009's critically acclaimed Vecatimest (reaching number 8 on Billboard's Top 200 chart.) This is supposed to be a more cerebral work, but frankly, I like this album more. My favorite song is Gun-Shy, which is a dead give away to my love of pop hooks. Sleeping Ute seems like something Genesis would have created if they'd been formed in the 21st century. Yet Again is a sweet pop song (and the harmonies remind me of America.) The strings on What's Wrong make the song seem as if it's drifting on a breeze. From start to finish I hear influences from Yes, Roxy Music and the Flaming Lips.
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