I skipped a week of reviews, so here's this week gets two music reviews.
Although I hadn't heard of this Brooklyn trio, I took its recommendation from NME.com and gave it a whirl. As it turned out I had heard the song Ambling Alp before and thought it was catchy, but had no idea who sang it or what it was called. Yeasayer seems to be building on the growing trend of bands that are basically tributes or throwbacks to the 80's pop music only without the shitty 80's synth-pop haircuts or keytars. Some of the lyrics on this album are downright questionable, Ambling Alp appears to be about a f*cking 30's style boxer (think Soda Popinski) and a "wise" father giving advice to "Stick up for yourself son, Never mind what anybody else done". Yeah the lyrics aren't strong, but the songs are pretty addicting. This is the definition of a "grower" album, and while its not the best album of the year (by any means) it is a noteworthy NROP album.
Rating: 7.0 / 10
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