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80
The invigorated approach to production, arrangements, and, in many cases, performances makes for a still highly listenable set that's at least as likely to excite as to challenge.
7y
80
If this is what a midlife crisis sounds like—vital, strange, excited, intelligent, and wise—then, with minor reservations, bring it on.
7y
75
The band’s first album in three years sees them re-defining the limits of their sound with riotous success.
7y
64
This focus on sound manipulation and contrary motion ends up reinforcing the fussiness that has increasingly tempered the Dodos, even at their most explosive.
7y
You have to give a band like The Dodos credit — it’s been a long time since this sound was what tastemakers were promoting, but every few years, despite gradually diminishing attention, the band reappears and does what it does best. “Certainty Waves” is ten years removed from their high-water mark “Visiter,” but the band is as upbeat, fun, and hyperactive as ever. But The Dodos find themselves in a bit of a conundrum; they’ll be knocked if they simply ... read more
