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Tapes 'N Tapes' first record since 2006's widely lauded The Loon, Walk it Off is jittery rock that's found the sweet spot where experimental song structure meets melodic accessibility. The Minneapolis-based band's signature sound is distinctly their own concoction: shaky vocals, bursts of lo-fi guitars and haunting keyboard refrains.
Tapes 'N Tapes' first record since 2006's widely lauded The Loon, Walk it Off is jittery rock that's found the sweet spot where experimental song structure meets melodic accessibility. The Minneapolis-based band's signature sound is distinctly their own concoction: shaky vocals, bursts of lo-fi guitars and haunting keyboard refrains.
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Format: CD
Label: XL RECORDINGS
Catalog: 0040338
Rel. Date: 04/08/2008
UPC: 634904033828

Walk It Off [Digipak]
Artist: Tapes 'N Tapes
Format: CD
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Tapes 'N Tapes' first record since 2006's widely lauded The Loon, Walk it Off is jittery rock that's found the sweet spot where experimental song structure meets melodic accessibility. The Minneapolis-based band's signature sound is distinctly their own concoction: shaky vocals, bursts of lo-fi guitars and haunting keyboard refrains.

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As we write this, Austin, TX is in the throes of the South by Southwest festival, in which flash-in-the-pan indie sensations are inflated and burst like dollar store balloons. Minneapolis quartet Tapes N' Tapes are familiar to you thanks to the insatiable indie hype machine, as bloggers dubbed them saviors shortly after the release of their 2005 full-length debut, The Loon. Fortunately, this is a situation where groupthink is right on the money. Despite rivaling Arcade Fire in terms of raw emotional impact, the players'"frontman Josh Grier, drummer Jeremy Hanson, keyboardist Matt Kretzman and bassist Erik Appelwick'"stuck to the meat and potatoes while recording Walk It Off, eschewing orchestral pomp for the alternately gritty and playful adventures that defined their debut. Their major criticism was hewing too closely to the Pavement aesthetic, but the herky-jerky, organ-fueled rollercoaster of new single "Hang Them All" is entirely their own.
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