Popular Songs

Rock · 2009 · 12 tracks · 1h 12m

Popular Songs

A sprawling survey of pop history that moves from lush chamber soul and garage rock to massive, immersive noise-jams. Warm, domestic, and deeply patient.

It's like a perfectly curated mixtape that starts with catchy soul and ends in a beautiful noise-induced trance.

A warm, domestic comfort that gradually expands into a vast and mysterious sonic horizon.

Popular Songs · vs · Yo La Tengo

Self Examination+0.9σ

The writing leans a touch further into self examination than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 1h 12m

01

Here to Fall

5:45

02

Avalon or Someone Very Similar

3:17

03

By Two’s

4:29

04

Nothing to Hide

2:46

05

Periodically Double or Triple

3:53

06

If It’s True

2:43

07

I’m on My Way

4:36

08

When It’s Dark

3:55

09

All Your Secrets

4:27

10

More Stars Than There Are in Heaven

9:39

11

The Fireside

11:25

12

And the Glitter Is Gone

15:54

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the strings swell and then dissolve into a motorik beat on the opening track

The sudden transition from the polite pop of the first half into the thirty minute ambient-noise triptych at the end

The fuzzy, distorted guitar solo that tears through the otherwise pristine soul-pop of Nothing to Hide

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