I almost prefer it, very reminiscent to early Pavement.
I bought the new Thee Oh Sees album and it doesn't stand up to last year's effort. I'd definitely give it a listen online somewhere before buying.
Angel Olsen is americana tinged indie rock, jangly guitars and piano - intense, great lyrics - draws comparisons to Neko Case and Lindi Ortega.
Real Estate indie pop/folk lots of jangly guitars reminiscent to Girls or Fleet Foxes.
As NPR and Resident appear to be doing it, what are your favourite albums for the first 6 months of this year?
Here is my top 20.
1. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
2. Swans - To Be Kind
3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
4. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
5. Real Estate - Atlas
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