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Yo La Tengo - Reinventing the Wheel
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Re: Yo La Tengo - Reinventing the Wheel
Jun 10, 2011, 21:21
stray wrote:
Yep, I'm with HOD, "I'm not afraid of you and I will beat your ass" and then work backwards from there. Not that "Popular songs" isn't a good album though.


I'll third that. I really got into them with 'I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One', a good place to start as it has some of their best songs and showcases their full range. The next couple of albums were mostly quite mellow, but 'I'm Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass' lived up to the aggression of its title by bringing on the noise to the nth degree. Bookended by two outstanding, and superbly titled, 11 minute feedback grooves ('Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind' and 'The Story Of Yo La Tango' [sic]) and with an incredible array of moods and styles in between, it is possibly my favourite of theirs. Most recent album 'Popular Songs' was strong on the shorter songs, but the longer workouts were comparatively disappointing.
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