Rummaging through Emusic’s “six-months-ago-and-older” stuff has produced more great finds, most notably this lovely album from Tahiti 80. I’m gonna try my hand at comparing these guys to other established artists again, which I hear is what Serious Music Reviewers like doing, so here goes:
Belle & Sebastian meets Stereolab (although the Stereolab gene is buried pretty deeply within all that indie pop) meets Brian Wilson (ok I know that’s a lazy-ass comparison, but the Beach Boys are the guiding light of so much of indie pop that you can’t really go wrong with him).
It’s a pretty short, 8-song affair but it’s a testament to how good these guys are that I can’t decide which track I like best (and that includes the purely instrumental “Antonelli”). This is without a doubt, the best album I’ve pulled off Emusic’s shelves (the previous best was AC Newman’s The Slow Wonder, which I haven’t devoted a review unfortunately) and I’m seriously considering purchasing the rest of their discography as well.