My album of 2019, only caution against recency bias stops this rising further. Ask me again in another ten years and it may have risen further. My review from earlier last year makes clear why I love this masterpiece so much. Sometimes you know that something is just 'right'. There is an almost indefinable quality that is evident from the outset that continues throughout the film, book, or in this case album. It is not often that I get this feeling, but much like 2004's "Saturnalia" from The Gutter Twins or 2010's "High Violet" from The National, this new album featuring a collaboration between Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and renowned producer Brian Burton, aka Dangermouse, has 'it'. My, oh my, this is some album. An early album of the year contender? Most definitely. Strong words you might say, but just listen to it. Running the full gamut of styles, sometimes within the same song, from electronica, through orchestral pop, funk and
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