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Brooklyn trio TV ON THE RADIO first started creating a stir in 2003 with their Liars/Yeah Yeah Yeahs connections and striking debut EP, which made many year-end best-of lists despite its short length. The band's much-anticipated debut full-length is essentially a stylistic continuation of the sound forged on the EP. There's a strong influence of what could only be called art-rock; singer Tunde Adebimpe's voice strongly resembles that of Peter Gabriel, and the band conjures thick, atmospheric clouds of multi-layered keyboards. However, there's also a distinctively punk side to DESPERATE YOUTH, BLOOD THIRSTY BABES that's a reflection not only of the band's peers, but of homage subtly paid to the post-punk likes of PiL or Pere Ubu. Tension, emotion, and friction reign throughout, as a current of unease drifts through the album, making the listening experience simultaneously rich and slightly unsettling.
TV On The Radio: Kyp Malone (vocals, guitar, loops); Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops); David Andrew Sitek.
Additional personnel: Katrina Ford (vocals); Nick Zinner (guitar); Martin Perna (flute); Jaleel Bunton (drums).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (3/18/04, p.73) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[The Brooklyn band is] indebted to everything from late-Eighties indie rock to classic soul music....DESPERATE YOUTH is a rebuke to their retro peers: Not all the good ideas have been taken already."
Rolling Stone (p.152) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "DESPERATE YOUTH is more proof that sometimes the best records are the most challenging."
Spin (p.66) - Ranked #12 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "Easily the year's dizziest album, their debut sounds like Kanye West producing a punkabilly space-rock troupe."
Q (p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[U]niquely intriguing, weaving in influences that have no right to mesh as coherently as they do....Singer Tunde Adebimpe has fashioned a genuinely novel sound."
Uncut (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "A far more effective transcription of frantic, funky Manhattan than the CBGBs set ever dreamt of..."
Uncut (p.76) - Ranked #36 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "This smart and soulful transcription of Manhattan's frantic energy is one of the year's better discoveries."
Magnet (p.67) - Ranked #15 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2004" - "[A] subway rumble through 60 years' worth of the five boroughs' golden greats."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] debut album that elegantly pursues their quest to sound like nothing they recognise....TVOTR are coming over loud and beautifully weird." Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes Music Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes Music Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   Huge melting pot
I once got Tv on the Radio desribed to me by a certain person. He/she said in their description that it was a blend of preachy vocals, electronic mish mashes, Tricky like triphop and indie rock. After hearing the avant-garde yet accessible "Staring at the sun" single, I was to say the least mildly captivated, therefore i seeked out the album. it is certainly an album varying in genre and style, but luckily not varying in quiality. They meld together influences that work, but should not work. Soul vocals with off beat electronic programming, indie rock guitars accompanied by improvised jazz sections. definitely not the easiest record to categorise. slightly in the same experimental spirit as radioheads latest outings.
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 Amazing
Completely amazing, super progressive.
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Wowzers
An instant classic
Submitted by Go Flames Go! (Calgary, AB, Canada)
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Very enjoyable little record indeed. On the first listen i wasnt too impressed, but after i realized that they are not trying to change the world but just to create good beats, my appreciation increased. Nice background for a house party.
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