Thursday, April 1, 2010

#016 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance

Following up on them after seeing them live, heard this was their best album.

The only album of theirs I'd heard was Hearts of Oak, which I didn't much love if I recall, but this is a fun one, simple groovy indie rock, like polished Guided by Voices or Pavement. You would never guess the fury of their live show from this though, its actually pretty backgroundey at times. A couple good catchy tracks (Timorous Me, The Great Communicator), and I will totally see them live again, but nothing really blows me away on this one 3/5

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