You Tell Me is probably at its peak when it leans further towards these pacey, pop-infused moments. However, the handful of tracks that stray into ballad territory are still often striking.
You Tell Me encourages listeners to reflect upon their own inner dialogues, while providing the soundtrack to life in all its complexity.
You Tell Me is an unpindownable record: familiar enough to sound comforting, but new enough to pique your interest and make you listen for the way forms have been taken and bent.
The languid pace that they lend to the majority of the songs here suits them just fine, but put up against the peppier numbers, you may long for a bit more variation. At the same time, You Tell Me concocts such a spell with their debut that the journey will still delight and intoxicate.
You Tell Me is a collaboration between Field Music's Peter Brewis and Admiral Fallow's Sarah Hayes that has all the chamber pop richness of the former's band, but adds a tenderness and simplicity that helps make their debut album something Field Music-ish but different enough to stand on its own.
A masterfully pulled together collection, as you would expect from artists each with their own lengthy playbook. The pair of artists never seek to wrest the listener out of their thoughtful enjoyment of what is a very enjoyable, and very thoughtful record.
These are mature, classy songs. They’re also abuzz with the thrill of a bright new musical friendship.
There isn’t much range across the record; the last few tracks merge into one. Which is disappointing given Peter’s track record for one, but overall there are plenty of highs and the downsides should be sorted by the next instalment.
Too frequently this album is a little less than the sum of its parts. Uneven, but occasionally charming.
There’s no doubt that Messrs Brewis and Hayes are talented songwriters with a desire to experiment. But on the evidence here, at the risk of sounding harsh, the tendency is to say ‘don’t give up the day jobs.’ Alternatively, develop the ideas more carefully next time.
Hay varias cosas potencialmente interesantes pasando en el homónimo de You Tell Me, mas ninguna de ellas se sincroniza con una incómoda mezcla y producción. La increíble voz de su líder opaca muchos de los instrumentos y las armonías se pierden en lo que podrían ser, versus como son interpretadas.
Decent 4
You Tell Me's adherence to a baroque pop aesthetic is commendable, but they make a fairly inconsistent mix of their varying influences, not all of which draw a distinct line between homage and pastiche.
It’s alright for the most part. The baroque-indie pop sound is pretty cool and the lyrics can be well-written but it’s nothing I’ll remember nor is it anything that I’ll return to. Overall, pretty standard indie stuff.
Fav Tracks: No Hurry, Water Cooler, Enough To Notice, Springburn, Jouska
Least Fav Track: Get Out Of The Room
Score:
6.7
Decent
1 | Enough to Notice 3:35 | 40 |
2 | Get Out of the Room 3:36 | 20 |
3 | Foreign Parts 3:10 | 30 |
4 | Water Cooler 2:15 | 40 |
5 | Springburn 3:01 | 30 |
6 | No Hurry 3:12 | 20 |
7 | Clarion Call 4:04 | 30 |
8 | Jouska 3:44 | 20 |
9 | Invisible Ink 3:23 | 30 |
10 | Starting Point 4:07 | 30 |
11 | Kabuki 1:38 | 30 |
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