Author: Yo La Tengo

Release Date: 2013-01-15

Details: Fade is the most direct, personal and cohesive album of Yo La Tengo's career. Recorded with John McEntire at Soma Studios in Chicago, it recalls the sonic innovation and lush cohesion of career high points like 1997's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One and 2000's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out.The album is a tapestry of fine melody and elegant noise, rhythmic shadowplay and shy-eyed orchestral beauty, songfulness and experimentation. But Fade attains a lyrical universality and hard-won sense of grandeur that's rare even for this band. It weaves themes of aging, personal tragedy and emotional bonds into a fully-realized whole that recalls career-defining statements like Blood on the Tracks, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, or Al Green's Call Me. Soft, gentle, persuasive, melancholy, beautiful and triumphant in turns, the effect is both heartbreaking and reassuring.“Fade is proof that, taken from afar, even the hardest of roads can widen into a stunning landscape.” – The National Post - Album of the Week“Fade features the New Jersey band's warm horn section, lush string arrangements, lovely vocal melodies by Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, simple drumming and powerful circular guitar riffs. It reaches its most tender on Cornelia And Jane, where Hubley sweetly, melancholically, coos, “Nobody knows what's lost in your eyes.” - NOW Magazine 4 Stars“Fade is a comprehensive collection of what Yo La Tengo does best.” - View Magazine“Behind Fade's apparent simplicity lies one of the most ornate albums Yo La Tengo has ever released — a disarming, romantic collection covering all of the band's touchstones...Fade is a stunner.” – Vancouver Sun “Almost 30 years into Yo La Tengo's existence, they've made a glorious return to form with Fade. There's no pyro here, and no overdriven amps. Rather, it's a collection of winsomely melodic songs with crystalline textures coaxed into place by careful producer John McEntire.” - The Grid 8 / 10

UPC: 744861099420

EAN: 0744861099420

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: Used Good