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...defines them. Where Sigur Rós were sprawling, Jónsi is concise. Where Sigur Rós were languorous, Jónsi is propulsive. Where Sigur Rós were grandiose, Jónsi is playful. “Go” still feels like an Icelandic record, but perhaps it reflects an Iceland feeling the effect of global warming. Jonsi has created an undoubtedly ambitious work that stretches the definition of “pop” to its very breaking point, but its unabashed optimism and the simple beauty of the music make it a thoroughly...
...that say about them? Apparently, that they hate what they’re doing and what they’ve become. While this interpretation seems far too extreme, a sense of trouble and uncertainty hovers over the song—the culmination of a similar uncertainty apparent throughout the record. "Congratulations” is a truly exceptional album, but one that must be approached cautiously, and one that refuses to be fully understandable...
...does not diverge from many of the album tracks on “Oracular Spectacular.” The 1970s prog rock and ambient music that inspired “Weekend Wars” and “The Handshake” are the key touchstones on this record. Heck, “Congratulations” even has a track called “Brian Eno”—one of the album’s more straightforward cuts, avoiding the numerous shifts in style that define most of the tracks. “Brian Eno?...
This alienation is appropriate, since “Congratulations” as a whole does not try very hard to invite a listener in. It is an insular and convoluted record that explicitly rejects passion and, instead, aims for more cerebral pleasures. As the opener “It’s Working” states, “It’s working in your blood / Which you know is not the same as love / Love is only in your mind.” If one can fall in love with “Congratulations,” it?...
...Crimson finished Saturday’s two round robins with a record of 5-7 overall, which left it in fifth place in its division. The top four teams from each of the two divisions went on to sail for the Friis Trophy at Tufts on Sunday, where the host Jumbos would eventually come away victorious...