Broadcast’s latest album, Tender Buttons, just keeps getting better. I’ve always liked them, and I like their other albums, but I feel like this is the record I’ve been hanging around for them to make. It’s very good. It’s got all the things a good album should have–it all fits together. The songs are good and the lyrics are good. They stand up to repeated listenings.

On some of their other records, it almost seems like they purposely crafted the sound to create a feeling of discomfort and distance. I guess you could say that listening to one of those albums sometimes feels like being on the outside looking in. It all looks pretty interesting, but as a listener I don’t always feel welcome. This album still feels like Broadcast, but there’s more depth, and the listener isn’t held so much at arm’s length.

Whatever a Terri-album is, this is one.

This entry was posted on Sunday, January 15th, 2006 at 5:07 am and is filed under And another thing..., music. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.