09 Nov 09
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Julian Casablancas /// “4 Chords Of The Apocalypse” /// Phrazes For The Young
I certainly couldn’t dig the hype that attended the arrival of “11th Dimension” in our fair interspace some weeks ago, and the album it appears on is a similarly soul-numbing misfire. But Casablancas has his moments—even on the execrable First Impressions of Earth—and Phrazes does nothing to undermine that fact. See: certain parts of this awkward midtempo carnival epic which are ear-catching if not musically pleasant. Curious how that conditional works.
