One of the most frustrating things I've learned as a music critic is the short time you have with some of the albums before you have to review them. For most records, this isn't a big deal - you can get a pretty good idea with a few listens - but some albums just need more time. You need time to live with them (eat, drink, sleep, drive, work with them) before you really know and understand what your relationship with them is. It's hard work sometimes.Unfortunately, this is the hurtle I came up against when trying to review Walk It Off, the new album by the Minneapolis trio Tapes n' Tapes. The instrumentation sounds deep and very artful, the lyrics seem interesting although they're a bit buried in the production (by producer David Freedman). The overall feel of the album portrays a beautiful sort of pain and sincere love of the world. It's something that's extremely hard to capture in recorded music.
This really could be the next Soft Bulletin (The Flaming Lips sleeper also produced by David Freedman) or it could just be pretty but ultimately forgettable noise. Only time will tell.
(We'll check back in six months to see if Walk It Off actually passes the test...)
Rating: 7 out of 10
1 crazy comments:
I usually know by the 4th or 5th listen if it's a keeper or not.
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