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...joined by Kevin Dosdale and Ian Black to record the group’s third album. This change in personnel may be the cause of this record’s shift from the group’s earlier work. Angry, angsty, and attempting to avoid categorization, “Measure?? is a 20 track album defined as heavily by its amorphous style and musical outbursts as its invention or ingenuity...
...Measure??, the album’s fourth track, incorporates a hefty string section into a complex, upbeat and rhythmic song, whose simple, harmonic vocal arrangements seem to channel the Beach Boys. Choppy strings and a prevalent rhythm section give the track a uniquely clean and peppy feel, making it one of the album’s most enjoyable tracks...
Though “Measure?? is full of complex, catchy tracks, each offering a slightly different twist on an old indie pop sound, as a whole the album falls short in its inability to unite such disparate songs into a satisfying record. At over an hour in length, “Measure?? struggles to remain cohesive. The band’s decision to explore and indulge all of their musical interests prevents Field Music from putting together what could have been a great record. Nevertheless, the group’s raw talent and invention will certainly...
...need to take it in context,” said school committee member Marc C. McGovern. “They are one measure??an important one—but they don’t tell the whole story...
...spirit not so much of Super Furry Animals’ new album but rather of their entire career. The Welsh five-piece—whose eclectic oeuvre has been variously described as psychedelia and power pop—have always cast light and darkness about them with equal measure??never more so than on their 2003 magnum opus, “Phantom Power,” where upbeat, frenetic melodies and beats were counterbalanced by wistful lyrics. While its sound is characteristically SFA, “Dark Days/Light Years” is a break from this tradition...