An exact science
8.5/10
In ‘Dear Science’ TV On The Radio have finally delivered on the early promise of their EP ‘Young Liars’ with the dazzling art-rock album they’ve long threatened but somehow neglected to deliver. Although ‘Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes‘ and ‘Return To Cookie Mountain‘ had some great individual songs, overall I found them frustratingly [...]
Tags:anti-war·art rock·Best of 2008·David Bowie·David Sitek·Funk·Kyp Malone·political·Tunde Adebimpe
Radio transmission
7/10
TV on the Radio aren’t as an immediate band to get into as some reviews might have you believe. I loved their first EP Young Liars but found their debut LP ‘Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes‘ wearyingly oppressive and turgid and two-starred it in an unpopular Amazon review. I have given Return to [...]
Tags:9-11·Alt-rock·David Bowie·Goth·MP3·NYC·Oceanic·Peter Gabriel·post-punk·post-rock·soul