Blog: Song, by Toad

There are times when this album sounds like a deranged operetta. There are times when it sounds like experimental lounge pop. There are times when it sounds like a straightforward twisted indie. It crashes about all over the place, is riddled with imperfections when the melody doesn't quite catch, when a couple of songs get lost in one another and so forth, but in general this is pure mental brilliance. It does feel incredibly familiar - it's reminiscent of a great many recent bands, but rarely of the exact same ones for all that long. The Revolution Will [...]

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