Great album. The Pixies/Pavement/Modest Mouse comparisons are deserved but a little shallow. (I love those bands, but am sick of the pigeon-holing). The lyrics are cryptic, weird, and passionate. The production is low-fi, but works well with the general aesthetic of the recording. Nice mixture of sounds--a twinkling keyboard here, a few chimes there--to balance out the garage tones. The best part of the album is the composition of the songs--great melodies and enough left-turns to keep things interesting.
I'm not sure why some reviewers say that this recording is rough around the edges; the band is incredibly tight. I think a lot of them have confused the musicianship of the band with production values. The songs could hardly be played better.
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I listened to this album when I was in Peru. It made me cry. ~Skull
Tapes N' Tapes is pretty good...I went through Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2006 and The Loon was number 40. On that list I liked, J Dilla-Donuts, Liars-Drums Not Dead, Camera Obscura, Boris-Pink, The Knife, Danielson-Ships, Lily Allen, Be Your Own Pet, and The Thermals.
I like pitchfork. Have you seen this website: http://www.metacritic.com/? Works a little bit like dogpile. ~Chris Benoit
haven't been to metacritic, but the Cleveland Cinematheque references it a lot in film descriptions...I'll check it, fo sho...
Keep up the good work.
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