This is our latest installment of "music everyone listens to but Brad doesn't". I liked TV On The Radio's debut album, it was pretty genius, but I got tired of it really quickly. I got tired of all of it really quickly, even the songs I liked a lot. I never even tried Cookie Mountain, what was the point? All the reviews said it was good. Why bother listening to it? I bet it was good.

I felt the same way about Dear Science, but I figured I'd give it a chance. The first track, Halfway Home, really grabbed me. I love the darkness of it, the hand claps, the "bum, bum, bums" (as someone points out on SongMeanings), where the song breaks like a wave into a rave up, and even the lyrics are genius. The whole song is layered and textured beautifully. I can't help but listen to it over and over again.

It's too bad, then, that I don't care for the rest of the album. The single everyone likes, I can't stand. Nothing else stands out from it, for me, but that's OK, because Halfway Home is enough song. I will easily listen to it over and over again to fill the fifty minute playtime of Dear Science.

"It's over now, and I'm insane."

P.S. Try singing "Surfin' Bird" along with this. I might be on to something.