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Owl City’s new album, All Things Bright and Beautiful, is somewhat mistitled. The tracks are bright, to be sure, but more so in emo-pop, acid-bright tone than in any sense of actual joy. And the beauty here is (arguably) in the repetition of that tone; if you’re a diehard Owl City fan, then you’re going to love this disc.
The 12 tracks here are mostly three to four minutes long, a pretty standard setup on a pretty standard pop album. The one exception is “January 12, 1986”, a 38-second clip of Reagan’s speech after the Challenger disaster, played rather inexplicably in the middle of the album over a quiet track of synth and open-vowel vocals. This probably has some significance for Owl City’s Adam Young (and appears to lead into next track “Galaxies”), but some insight might be helpful. As is, the interlude feels like a distraction (albeit a welcome one). – Consequence of Sound
OTHER NEW VINYL RELEASES:
Candy Golde Candy Golde
Dodos All Night
Elvis Costello Delivery Man
Dear Hunter Color Spectrum
Deftones Adrenaline
Go Sailor Go Sailor
Junior Boys It’s All True
Robert Earl Keen Gravitational Forces
Paul McCartney McCartney
Radiohead Supercollider/The Butcher