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The gorgeous "Today is the Day" evokes the much-referenced Velvet Underground right down to Georgia Hubley's measured, somnambulant lilt. "Don't Have To Be So Sad" pares shuffling beats with tinkling keys, suggesting a fantasy collaboration between Four Tet and those other masters of downtempo--Low. "Let's be Still" is jazz-inflected pop and the closing Big Star cover "Take Care" is near perfect; an exquisite bittersweet parting shot to the end of a relationship. In their 40s and after nearly 20 years together making music, Yo La Tengo shouldn't sound this good. That they do is no small reason to rejoice. --Suzannah Brown
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Beach Party Tonight is a gorgeous, wispy opener that never really starts, leading into Little Eyes. Little Eyes, a lush tune, much like Season of the Shark, both carry a passing nod to Grandaddy, but with gentle, soothing vocals and calming keyboards. The songs themselves are deep and very mature (as you'd expect from these oldies), and these two are probably the most mainstream on the album.
Today Is The Day is a beautiful, seize the day moment in typical Yo La Tengo laidback tones - the guitar lines are lazy and suggest a contradiction to the subject matter in their ability to while away the day. Don't Have To Be So Sad and Nothing But You And Me are brilliant examples of keyboards being used to drive a song, or to let it flow wistfully - Nothing But You And Me a brilliant example of this.
This album is a great chill-out album - and we should be thankful that many people discover it because of it's relaxive properties. Yet there's so much more to it than that - brilliant musicianship, gorgeously understated vocals, and miles and miles of mature human comment. A gem.
gentle, atmospheric and thoughtful lyrics...'how to make a baby elephant float'...song titles to fall in love with...
not like anything else with predominantly male vocals in my record collection...and i am glad it has found a home there.
fully absorb. There is so much in it that, with initial listens, you'll feel somewhat estranged. It is a quiet album to be played loud, and every time you hear it, you WILL notice something different- another texture to the songs. YLTs' songs set moods like few do these days, and this is a gem of an album, cuddling in warm, gently-unveiling experimental sounds, slo-mo funky bass-driven pieces, to whispered musical landscapes that are hypnotic yet never still. This is is the sound of a band who know each other, having fun and becoming one. If you are familiar with them,'Summer Sun' has the variety of sounds of 'I can hear the heart...' blended with the intimate feeling of ' And then nothing turned...' plus the experimental fun of 'The sounds of the sounds of Science'(check their website for this). This is a jazz album done by some of the best pop songwriters today. Standouts are 'little eyes', the Kinda-Kinks 'Season of the Shark', 'Today is the day', the meditative groove of ' Let's be still', and the closing 'Take care', which is better than the original if I may say so. This band- you'll either fall in love with or disregard, give them a chance and they just might change your sunday afternoons for good.
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