Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid of You & I Will Beat Your Ass (CD)
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Hoboken's most reliably adventurous trio has always resisted easy categorization, and this 2006 release leans into that restlessness harder than almost anything in their catalog. Ira Kaplan's guitar work here runs the full spectrum from delicate fingerpicking to full-on noise assault, often within the same side of a record, reflecting the band's deep roots in both the Velvet Underground's drone experiments and classic American pop songwriting.
This bold, eclectic, 80-minute album is the pinnacle of the band's twenty-year career. From eleven-minute guitar jams to gorgeous ballads to winsome horn-drenched pop songs, this album is all over the map, in a very good way. Features the talents of longtime Nashville producer Roger Moutenot, violinist Dave Mansfield of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, and the jacket artistry of Gary Panter.
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UPC: 744861069225
Label: Matador Records
Release Date: 9.12.06
Format: CD