Album of The Year
Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine

Toro Y Moi

Underneath The Pine

79
Based on 14 reviews
2011 Ranking: #92 / 498

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84
PITCHFORK

If he was feeling any pressure to validate himself and his peers, Underneath the Pine doesn't show it.

80
POPMATTERS

It makes your brain work, and its whole approach to the band’s new sound is, dare I say it, progressive.

75
A.V. CLUB

While Underneath The Pine is another killer late-night make-out album, it doesn’t do much to help Toro Y Moi stake out its own identity.

70
NO RIPCORD

As a record its tunes are as transient and illusive as its aforementioned heritage dictates – unlike pop they aren’t wired to become cattle-branded in your memory for days on end.

70
TINY MIX TAPES

That Toro Y Moi's new record Underneath the Pine is distinctly a product of his songwriting, without sounding exactly like his 2010 debut, suggests that chillwave may still have some legs to it after all.


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DETAILS

Released: February 22, 2011
Format: LP
Label: Carpark
Genre: Chillwave

RATINGS

84Pitchfork
82Beats Per Minute
80AllMusic
80musicOMH
80Paste
80PopMatters
80Spin
77Coke Machine Glow [srcarrow]
75A.V. Club
70Consequence of Sound
70Drowned in Sound
70NME
70No Ripcord
70Tiny Mix Tapes

END OF YEAR LISTS
# 42 - Amazon
# 11 - Obscure Sound
# 48 - Pitchfork
# 29 - Spinner
# 49 - Stereogum
# 19 - Under the Radar

TRACK LIST
  1. Intro/Chi Chi
  2. New Beat
  3. Go with You
  4. Divina
  5. Before I’m Done
  6. Got Blinded
  7. How I Know
  8. Light Black
  9. Still Sound
  10. Good Hold
  11. Elise

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