Something I Like

My last two nights have been spent seeing Akron/Family, so this is the obvious choice.
It's hard for me to believe that there's a band that's just playing everything that i want to hear. i don't think that the first time i heard this album i was completely blown away, it was probably the second or third. but either way, there was blowing involved. as an 11 song whole, there isn't too much that's not going on. the songs definitely throw you around from one phase to another, and sometimes so quickly that you can't help but be impressed-not only with the musicianship, but also conceptually. there are ten thousand different influences being crammed into 56 minutes-or even a five minute song-but it doesn't sound forced and nothing sounds like it shouldn't be there. i read an interview in which they said that the rhythm of a song is the main connector and therefore one of their biggest concerns. it makes sense when there's a song like Ed is a Portal (which is influenced by reggaeton and the Beastie Boys) that forces grooves to overcome your being. There's So Many Colors is part monotone chant, part feedback noodling, part folk tune and two parts loud neoclassic rock & roll. Crickets is something soft and transcendent. Lake Song is so tribal. et cetera.
this album holds it together so incredibly well, absolutely their finest complete work. i'm in love with this band like you wouldn't believe.