You know earlier this year I was foolish enough to think that Yeasayer's Odd Blood would be the pinnacle of albums that sound like they were imported from some bizarre self-aware period of the 1980's, but alas, no, it was not be. In one track, ceo (the moniker of Eric Berglund, some Swedish guy who was in some other band that I know nothing about yet) single handedly out-eighties Yeasayer (in a way that almost reminds me of In A Big Country, at that)---and get this, ceo actually features acoustic drums, a phrase which causes me to cringe every time I say it.

Or at least these drums were programmed by someone who knows how to play the drums. It could go either way these days.

I try not to listen to hard to the lyrics because the one time I did, on this song, I heard something like, "highway to reality / rising on the wings of honesty" and I puked in my mouth a little and had to swallow it. Luckily I had just eaten a chocolate donut so it wasn't like my puke wasn't kind of delicious, in a gross kind of way. I mean, there are worse things that you will be forced to swallow in your life, than chocolate upchuck, right? Right?

The rest of the album is similarly upbeat, with good beats, that general 80's vibe, lyrics that are better felt than listened to, and there's even a track or two that are semi-experimental fun tribal Out of Africa "gotta stay aboard the Vampire Yeasayer Weekend bandwagon" intro and interludes that are enjoyable. It's all pleasantly lo-fi---and not the kind of lo-fi that sounds like crap on a nice stereo (hello Beach Fossils) but the kind of lo-fi that sounds better through a good rig.

So, go forth, and play this. I have a feeling I'll be listening to it a lot all summer.

Sympathetic Note: You should link my website to someone today. I'd appreciate it. I'm sure they would, too!

P.S. In my searching I discovered this review of this album and man, now I understand why I don't sound completely full of shit. He never mentions it sounds like the 80's, someone in the comments asks what it sounds like and he says "it's electropop" like that would help anyone, ever, actually imagine what this album sounds like. One quarter of the review is spent talking about the other band this guy was in... I just don't get it! I'm just so much more in touch, you know. You know? It's 7 a.m. and I need a nap. I also really don't like how he's like "download these five tracks, but ignore the others", it's just like, wow, how big a douche are you, really? That big? OK, I get it.