After nearly 30 years of prolific genre-avoidance, the indie-rock trio Yo La Tengo returns with Fade, its first studio album in almost four years. The record, the band's 13th full-length release, features "Before We Run," a six-minute piece of orchestral pop showcasing Yo La Tengo's stately side.
Hailing from Hoboken, N.J., Yo La Tengo has embraced many musical directions, delving into noise-pop, shoegaze, minimalist folk, funky R&B and straightforward rock 'n' roll over the course of its long career.
Here, the band plays songs from Fade and talks with David Dye about Jesse Jarnow's Yo La Tengo biography, Big Day Coming. (Link)
Tracklisting
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Bob Dylan "4th Time Around" Blonde on Blonde
The Spinners "I’ll Be Around" Best of the Spinners
Cat Stevens "Here Comes My Baby" Rushmore Soundtrack
Flying Burrito Brothers "Tried So Hard" Flying Burrito Brothers/Last of the Red Hot Burritos
((Yo La Tengo "Last Days of Disco" And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out))
Yo La Tengo "Ohm" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Yo La Tengo "I’ll Be Around" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Yo La Tengo "Is That Enough" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
((Yo La Tengo "I’ll Be Around" Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
My Bloody Valentine "If This And Yes" MBV
Kurt Vile "In My Time" Smoke Ring For My Halo
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down "Holy Roller" We The Common
Liz Phair "Help Me Mary" Exile In Guyville
Passion Pit "Take A Walk" Gossamer
Los Lobos "The Road To Gila Bend" The Town and the City
Laura Mvula "She" Sing To The Moon
Feist "Sea Lion Woman" The Reminder
Nina Simone "Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter" Anthology
Jack White "Love Interruption" Blunderbuss
((My Morning Jacket "Rollin’ Back" It Still Moves))
Jim James "A New Life" Regions of Light and Sound of God
Michael Kiwanuka "Tell Me a Tale" Tell Me a Tale EP
The Black Keys "Howlin’ For You" Brothers
Elmore James "Dust My Blues" Legends of Guitar: Electric Blues, Vol. 1
((Heartless Bastards "The Mountain" The Mountain))
Frightened Rabbit "The Woodpile" Pedestrian Verse
Daniel Lanois "Lotta Love to Give" For the Beauty of Wynona
The Swell Season "Low Rising" Strict Joy
The Church "Metropolis" Gold Afternoon Fix
Villagers "Nothing Arrived" Awayland