Yeasayer

Add Date: February 3

Artist: Yeasayer

Album: Odd Blood

Label: Secretly Canadian

Genre: Pop, Rock

Comments: Yeasayer's debut album All Hour Cymbals got me hooked on the group's big, folksy, prog sound as they churned out anthem after hymn-like anthem. So when I popped in Odd Blood, their sophomore release, I couldn't help but be surprised, and honestly a bit dissappointed, by the brighter tone and distinctly 80's New Wave vibe on songs like "Ambling Alp." They're admittedly intricate pop songs with an edge of weirdness that still marks them as the product of Yeasayer, but something about it doesn't quite satisfy in the way I'd hoped. (My opinion could be due to a general lack of enthusiasm towards 80's music). That's not to say there aren't songs more reminiscent of their ealier work. For instance, go to the shimmery, well-built "I Remember" or dark opener "The Children."

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