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...Sung Tongs” openers “Leaf House” and “To Catch a Rabbit” for proof—but this album’s “For Reverend Green” and “Fireworks?? unlock the band themselves. Avey Tare’s voice dominates here, fluctuating between crooning and yelping as all the vulnerability and melancholy he faced out in the desert pours out in catharsis. It’s on “For Reverend Green” that he finally confronts himself and realizes...
...with “Twins,” though, dashes the possibility that Barnes was ever in danger of running out of ideas for fully-formed, blissful pop tunes. Barnes’ wife Nina makes the heart-racing, dewy-eyed lyrics of “Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks?? all the more believable with sweet-natured lead vocals, and “The Actor’s Opprobrium” spins a narrative as surreal as those on any of Barnes’ more traditional concept albums...
...think of July 5, the night my parents usually took me to see fireworks during my childhood so that we could avoid the crowds. I remember my high school friends complaining about the admission price to hear the local orchestra play patriotic music to fireworks??and the rain that ruined our picnic when I finally convinced them their ticket would be worth the money...
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