I listened to album for the first time almost completely through on Lala for free, and by the time I hit this track, Pardon Me, I just had to buy the album. It's got a nice funky vibe to it, and the lyrics had a pretty awesome bite that I really liked. Letting me listen to an album for free, totally uninterrupted, works when you're trying to sell me music. Good job, Lala.

I stumbled onto The Blow because YACHT's Jona [last name omitted because I don't have internet access and can't look it up] did (probably) all of the music/production on it and I like the sound of his stuff. He doesn't disappoint here---if anything he kind of one ups his future work in YACHT because there's a lot of detail and nuance in Paper Television's songs that you can't really find in YACHT. No offense, Jona, different groups, etc, and my love for YACHT is undiminished.

The chick's singing and songwriting, and I won't even try to pretend that I have any idea what her name is, is uniformly pretty rad across the whole thing. The most popular song, True Affection, has a cute little lyric: "I was out of your league / and you were 20,000 underneath the sea / waving affections" (which reminds me of a Red Wire Black Wire lyric that goes: "I wave my tentacles at the moon / screaming why must you leave so soon").

I recommend! Obviously.