THE WALKMEN - You & Me
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 02:19PM
soundscapes in Pop/Rock

Hamilton Leithauser retains the title of real rock'n'roll pop frontman, one whose gang splits the difference between the likes of Spoon and the late Afghan Whigs. Lacking A Hundred Miles Off's wayward punk parts, a festive furor's still here, even if those "Louisiana" horns are instead rolled through molasses on "Red Moon". You & Me is full of folky garage waltzes like the latter (for more, check out this teeth-cutting set of Cohen covers), a grower with immediate hooks including "In The New Year"'s ascending chorus organ and "If Only It Were True"'s two-beat turnaround after the eight.

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