Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

180-gram double LP

Yo La Tengo began life as one among hundreds of Velvet Underground-inspired bands, banging out dark, skittish tunes that displayed YLT guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan's affection for Uncle Lou. The band, which also features Kaplan's wife Georgia Hubley on drums and vocals, has gone through more identity changes than David Bowie, from acoustic folk-rock to wailing, Sonic Youth-like guitarchitecture.

On this album, the band consolidates their sound as they expand it, incorporating bossa nova, electronica and '60s pop into a gorgeous shimmering whole that is something more than the sum of its parts. The laconic-but-expressive vocals of Kaplan and Hubley provide the songs with just the right combination of detachment and naivete, and the trio (which also includes bassist James McNew) sounds like one person with six arms, three brains and one big heart.

Side 1

1. Return To Hot Chicken

2. Moby Octopad

3. Sugarcube

4. Damage

Side 2

5. Deeper Into Movies

6. Shadows

7. Stockholm Syndrome

8. Autumn Sweater

9. Little Honda

Side 3

10. Green Arrow

11. One PM Again

12. The Lie And How We Told It

13. Center of Gravity

Side 4

14. Spec Bebop

15. We're An American Band

16. My Little Corner Of The World

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Great album! posted on 10/27/2020 5 Stars Reviewer: Nick Great album! But, the current pressing acoustic sounds has is no longer the RTI pressing. I received a copy pressed by GZ Media, which still sounds fine. So, FYI the advertising for this listing is out of date.

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