Welcome back to the quietest loud band – or the loudest quiet band – in the world. Their 17th studio album is so quintessentially Yo La Tengoish: Ira Kaplan’s squalling guitars and murmured vocals and Georgia Hubley’s still, introspective ballads are both here in glorious effect. This time the band recorded near-live – the basis of most of the nine songs is Kaplan, drummer/vocalist Hubley and bassist James McNew playing in the room together – and what is striking is the contrast between Kaplan and Hubley.
