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...infectious. Lead guitar Jody Porter keeps things moving along with vigorous, sometimes restless guitar riffs right through to the album’s closer, a slightly twangy ditty about seemingly endless plane flights. On the other hand, lovely, mellow ballads like “Fire in the Canyon?? and “I-95” assure us that the group’s newfound, ramped-up energy doesn’t come at the expense of their gentler, more melodic side. In fact, the opening guitar strumming of “I-95” positively channels...
...like “Extradition” and “Flux = Rad,” the album has some of the band’s greatest triumphs. “AT&T” is one of Malkmus’ best love songs. “Half a Canyon?? is terrifying in its drive. “Grounded,” a ballad about a dentist, is still chilling a decade later. “Kennel District” is the best song that second-in-command “Spiral Stairs” Scott Kannberg ever...
...anything Marcel Duchamp taught us, it’s that as soon as you stick something in a museum, it becomes art. I myself have got a lovely piece sticky-gummed to the wall above my bed. It’s a big map of the Grand Canyon??a satellite photograph with roads and cities superimposed in enhanced colors. It would be completely useless as a navigational tool, but it’s really nice to look at. I guess it’s a cross between abstract and conceptual...
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