Blog: Stereogum

Yo La Tengo's been generous with advance listens of their lovely and nostalgic new collection Popular Songs , so far offering previews via a pair of must-grab MP3s (the chilled-out '60s organ funk of " Periodically Double Or Triple ," the Melody Nelson strings of " Here To Fall ") and a raucous live take (see " Nothing To Hide " for French TV). The breezy, impossibly summery "Avalon Or Something Very Similar" makes it an even four from the set, here soundtracking visuals of sugarcube-sweet faces, and hypnotic triangles, and green parks, by director John McSwain. [...]