Another long RotW hiatus. Chalk it up to us being too busy listening to all this music that we find little time to write about it. We’ve certainly had some great albums come out that would have been deserving of the title. Tallest Man on Earth’s newest album that came out a couple weeks ago, The Wild Hunt, is one of the best albums this year, let alone the album of the week for April 13th. Caribou’s newest album, Swim, is one of their finest efforts yet and an absolute RotW for April 19th.
But here we are, April 27th is upon us and we’ve been graced with another store favorite, Avi Buffalo’s self titled debut album. Much is being made about the fact that members of Avi Buffalo basically just graduated high school and may or may not be able to buy cigarettes just yet. What’s being overshadowed in all of this is that they wrote one of the better indie pop albums of the year so far. One of those albums that came out at just the right time of year, it’s been continuously played while the weather has been warming up and we couldn’t ask for a better soundtrack.
There is a bit of young man immaturity in some of these songs. Don’t be turned off by track titles such as “Summer Cum”, absolutely a highlight of the album, or “Five Little Sluts” though as they have a lot to offer.
Comparisons can be made to the Shins, Magnetic Fields, and maybe even the Morning Benders’ newest album to a slight extent. Regardless, this album stands on it’s own as an excellent indie rock record and one that certainly deserves your attention.
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