On February 10th, Matador Records will release ‘This Stupid World,’ the sixteenth album by Yo La Tengo.
Today the band has shared the gentle and atmospheric “Aselestine,” which features a lead vocal by Georgia Hubley. Coming 10th February: the most live-sounding Yo La Tengo album in years, “This Stupid World”. Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else.
In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, “This Stupid World” was created all by themselves. And their time-tested judgment is both sturdy enough to keep things to the band’s high standards, and nimble enough to make things new. At the base of nearly every track is the trio playing all at once, giving everything a right-now feel. There’s an immediacy to the music, as if the distance between the first pass and the final product has become more direct.
Taken from the upcoming album ‘This Stupid World,’ out February 10th on Matador Records.
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