Friday, July 2, 2010

#114 Yeasayer - Odd Blood

Had heard these guys bandied around, got from David.

This starts off really promising, with a super werid, rumbling lurker of an opener that sounds like Kid A Sucks Young Blood. Then things settle into 9 tracks of genre flirting, electronicey pop that strikes a nice balance of weird and simple. The vocals are curiously pleasant, the hooks enjoyable. It seems frontloaded though, after the first few good tracks it starts getting a little too dancey, a little too Of Montreal B-sidey, a little Peter Gabrieley, even. There's enough going on to warrant another listen, but it didn't seem to live up to the energy of the first few tracks 3.5/5

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