Blog: MBV

Yo La Tengo - "If It's True" One of the tricks Yo La Tengo have mastered over the years is placing their quiet, unassuming personalities in the context of familiar song styles that are typically characterized by more glamorous vocalists. They're not the first people to ever do this, and they're hardly not the only band to deliberately undersell emotional lyrics with a flat vocal affect, but they don't just stop at irony and call it a day. Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley have learned to give nuanced performances in their narrow range, and when they sing [...]

• Yo La Tengo - If It's True