Wednesday, September 2, 2015

#1841 The Auteurs - After Murder Park

Swooping and seasick - 90's British cheekiness offset by that Albini production, keeping the guitars sharpened, the drums loaded. Like an Arcade Fire ancestor, there's melodrama and ennui to spare, casting out with a swoon and a shout and a wallow and a woop.

The edge falls off too many songs, but when they go for it, like on the start-stop stabbing Land Lovers, there's thrilling stakes to explore 3.5/5

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