Friday, April 11, 2014

#1220 Washed Out - Paracosm

Impossibly laid back, this is spacier, less anthemic than their last one, and better for it, riding a Hawaiian bounce into endless sunsets. This is more firmly what it is, embracing sub-song wash and roll, instead of trying to be indie-rock too. Assured.

Still. There's not a lot here, everynote wishy washerey in place of melodies, a gossamer haze that passes through you in waves and waves and gone. It reminds me of hearing MGMT in San Francisco years ago and weeping for the state of music taken over by non-music - it's pretty, but it's all surface, nothing that you can carry with you out of the dream 3/5

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