PHOENIX - WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
It isn't officially released til May 25th but I couldn't wait with this one. It seems 2009 finally has an album to rival Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion, who set the bar to extremely high levels in the first two weeks of the year! Leaked online in the past week, French lads Phoenix's fourth studio album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, sees them reach some lofty new heights. Pulsating drum beats, dirty snyths and simple but catchy guitar riffs run riot throughout the album to great effect. Opening track and my early favourite Lisztomania has a great positive energy about it and grabs your attention right from the get go - this is dance/rock at it best and I'd already go as far as saying it will feature in many song of the year lists! Other notables include the blogged and triple j'd to death 1901, Girlfriend, Rome and Love Like a Sunset - more out of curiosity than anything - the song builds for a good 6 minutes before any vocals (Phoenix 1 - Death Cab for Cutie 0!!) In truth I could have rolled off a couple more highlights because 'it's all good y'all!'. All I can say is BUY, BUY, BUY...in May. Can't wait for an Oz tour!
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mp3 : Phoenix - Lisztomania
mp3 : Phoenix - Love Like a Sunset
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