Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Here's the final piece of proof that I was snoozing on the job when it came to new releases last year. "Tender Buttons" has become one of my most listened to records to surface in 2005. They finally managed to tie up all the loose ends that made previous releases slightly awkward and just give us an album of pure synth driven pop pleasure. The kind of music you can both dance and chill to. I really can't see how any band can hope to top near perfection like "I Found The F" and "America's Boy". It would be one grumpy son of a bitch that couldn't get a kick out of tunes like "Michael A Grammar" and "Black Cat". If not so challenging, giddy indy pop is something you like, then I have no idea how you couldn't dig "Tender Buttons". Broadcast have managed to take all that is enjoyable about this pop lark, the catchy hooks and the beautiful melodies without needing to go in to the genres seeming need for repetition and mediocrity.Broadcast - I Found The F
Broadcast - Black Cat
Broadcast - America's Boy
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posted by Eugene at 11:00 PM
2 Comments:
True that.
I really wanted to like their older stuff but it never connected. Tender buttons is a solid work though. I too only finally heard it in 06. What dorks we are.
I held off buying this album because a number of friends were really down on it. Now that I've bought it it's become one of my favorite albums, and certainly one I'd listen to over their other offerings. (You're right about the awkwardness.)
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