Given that these are re-recordings it’s difficult to deem them instant classics, but with Beal’s ideological shift its hard to ignore the fact that these are songs that have finally achieved their full potential.
You Know You Like It is a bloop-heavy, not overly unfamiliar affair right at home at Tri Angle, but it’s sharp songwriting, strong, emotive vocals, and unostentatious attitude lead to three of the most unassumingly replayable pop songs of the year.
I believe it’s important for everyone to know the capabilities of this ultra-talented songwriter, and on this EP he does a damn good job showing it off by himself.
The music itself is a blend of glam rock, 50’s rock and roll, and the jangly guitar pop that is Captured Tracks’ trademark. These blurbs about Mac DeMarco’s debut EP, Rock And Roll Night Club, seem like they’d come together to form a rather strange, of-the-moment release, but the actual product turns out to be a fairly simple, enjoyable lo-fi guitar pop record that defies the expectations set up by its aesthetic choices.
If Undersea does indeed signify the beginning of a new chapter for The Antlers, it’s pretty great so far.
TNGHT may clock in at under 16 minutes, but it’s the most satisfying quarter-hour blast you’ll hear this year.
The Face is a complete statement that overloads all possible cylinders
It’s as much of a technical, puzzle-piece spider-web as it is an emotionally exhausting workout.