New Think About Life - "Johanna"
It's been three years since Montreal's Think About Life debuted with the self-titled dance record and hyper-energetic live show that made them one worth watching from the seemingly bottomless scene of Montreal circa 2006. In the interim keyboardist Graham Van Pelt earned a Polaris nomination for his more-than-a-side-project Miracle Fortress's twist on Brian Wilson with Five Roses, and scene-profile writers have set up outposts in too many cities to count. TAL are finally back with Family, a ten-song set that expands on their first effort's fuzzy-synth kinetecism with a new array of tricks in service of the same principles: high-energy, highly right-brained dance music. There's the TVOTR-on-DFA chopped-up and horn-lined dance of "Johanna," and the post-Blur electronic disco of "Sweet Sixteen"; a sped-up soul vocal sample anchors the uplifting and (go) teeming anthem "Havin My Baby"; "Sofa Bed"'s life-is-beautiful lyrics send '80s new wave through a blissy art-pop prism. Canada's had Family since May, but the album's just getting its release in the States this week. So for the non-Canadians, here are a few MP3s and videos to get you going:
Think About Life - "Johanna" (MP3)
Think About Life - "Havin My Baby" (MP3)
"Sixteen Candles"
"Wizzzard"
Family is out in the US on 10/13 via Alien8.
Posted at 3:34 PM by amrit in MP3, Video
Tags: Think About Life
Holy Cow. It's about time people started taking notice of this album. I think it stands a chance at being an major underground hit. There is so much to like about this album. It has high energy, great hooks, excelent musician ship and it doesn't take itself too seriously. It's just a really really fun album.
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definitely one of the best albums of the year. don't sleep!
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Oh I like...definitely an underated album...kind of remidns me of the vawncast flick.
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nothing underrated about an album that is simply the BEST. i love this band so much.
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