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Today Is the Day
Rock · 2003 · 6 tracks

Today Is the Day

Yo La Tengo

A six-track bridge between motorik indie rock and fragile folk. Warm electric buzz meets skeletal acoustic reworkings in a perfect autumnal snapshot.

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It's the version of the title track that actually rocks, plus some of their best quiet moments.

A balanced blend of driving indie-pop energy and hushed, autumnal folk intimacy.

Today Is the Day · vs · Yo La Tengo
Autumn Walk+2.1σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
Today Is the Day
4:29
02
Styles of the Times
4:21
03
Outsmartener
2:59
04
Needle of Death
3:20
05
Dr. Crash
2:40
06
Cherry Chapstick (acoustic)
5:33
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the motorik drive of the title track into the hushed, fingerpicked vulnerability of the Bert Jansch cover.
The way the acoustic version of Cherry Chapstick stretches out, trading the original's fuzz for a skeletal, rhythmic intimacy.
The sudden burst of melodic distortion that anchors the mid-section of Styles of the Times.
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