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...material draws its power from a meditative drone. The Liars know well the power of a repeated phrase, and Andrew’s mantra on “We Fenced Other Houses with the Bones of Our Own” of “take your cauldron and get down?? over Hemphill’s harmonizing vocals and bass-low guitar line, legitimizes this culled from the absurd witch imagery pervading the new album. In the song, real meaning comes out of nonsense, simply from the power of the sound. In that regard, the new material reflects maturity...
Thank God I go to Harvard. A recent study conducted at Duke University found that its female students believe intellectual assertiveness and leadership make them unattractive in the eyes of their male peers. Many felt they received more attention from Duke men when they “dumbed down?? their ambition and personalities—acting needy and hiding their real intelligence. “Being ‘cute’ trumps being smart for women in the social environment,” the report concluded...
...flea-flicker gone awry under heavy defensive pressure caused no problem. Slipping two tacklers and avoiding a third, the hero of the Crimson’s first four victories dove just short of a first down??15-yard change of fortune...
Wolf Man hands down??it’s a ‘speed, fielding and pitching over hitting’ kind of thing...
...frantic Silver Apples of the Moon or rock-driven Good Looking Blues. Laika do seem to stay in fairly fixed musical orbit throughout, and tracks that don’t distinguish themselves in some way (as with the quicker tempo and diverse instrumentation of “Falling Down??, or the syncopated rhythms of “Dirty Bird”) are lost in the ample space. Regardless, floating through the cosmos with Laika is a great choice for anyone searching for vocal, laid-back electronica. —Will B. Payne