Dear Science

An indie album if i ever heard one , dear science has a lot of interesting moments and genre fluidity while keeping a level of some (hit and miss ) chaos

Rv

This is something I would ordinarily have regarded as ‘music for people much cooler/cleverer than me’ and moved swiftly on, but this was genuinely fantastic. Surprising, affecting, funky and moody in equal measure.

Not my first time listening to this but it was a good one to revisit. There is a nice variety of texture and instrumentation with some strong melodies.

Am a bit of a sucker for some of the things Dave Sitek has produced. Seems to do a great job of capturing layers of sound whilst still having key instrumentation/vocals shine through. I’ve found that a number of TVOTR albums have the front half stacked but lose momentum in the latter half but this holds up better than their others to the end. Doesn’t have my favourite songs of theirs on it (‘staring at the sun’, ‘wolf like me’) but is a more consistent record.

I recall first hearing "Dancing Choose" performed on the Colbert Report. These guys then became my gateway into the underground NY indie scene of the early 2000's. However, I did not check out this album in full until decades later and realized it may be not only their best but one of the best rock albums of that era. Crazy blends of electronics. Beautiful walls of sound all over the place. Catchy vocals. A must listen for sure.

TV On The Radio feels like one of the most "2000s Pitchfork" bands ever to me, and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Bad rep they have now aside, Pitchfork did have pretty good taste during a certain period and I do think of TV On The Radio as a "good" band. I think maybe because their particular take on the indie sound seems to exemplify everything the publication gravitated towards, as well as the kind of unique space in the public consciousness TV On The Radio seem to occupy. They feel tangential to the more "proper" 2000's indie pop scene, ending up somewhere similar, but seemingly coming from a slightly different world. TV On The Radio seemed to have their roots in the worlds of art rock, post-punk, soul, and to an extent, electronica. And this sound netted them a certain level of success, but I don't think I'd say they ever had a real hit or anything. In the past, I've enjoyed Return To Cookie Mountain, and Dear Science has been on my to-do list for a while. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but your mileage most likely depends on your amount of goodwill towards indie generally. I will say that I think Cookie Mountain was more willing to stake itself in the fuzzier woodlands of TVOTR's sound, while Dear Science is pared back to the core of their sound, leaving the weirdest edges of the band's sound behind. The result is a more focused sounding album that I do think is a little less interesting for it. However, the songwriting feels a little more front and center, and these are some really good tracks. Halfway Home, Dancing Choose, Stork & Owl, Red Dress, and DLZ are some of the best songs here. A lot of the songs here have a really interesting sense of momentum, and the performances are really good across the board. I especially enjoy the vocal performances, Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone both have unique stylings and great energy. And the sounds on these songs are a good representation of the sounds across this album. There is post-punky guitar, electronic percussion, think synthwork, and it's rounded out with flourishes from violin, horns and more. As I mentioned, if you enjoy indie, check this out, it's really strong, but I don't think it's gonna make the genre click with skeptics. And while I did enjoy this, I get to sense this has more to give, so I definitely see myself coming back to Dear Science.

Halfway Home is a banger, but the rest is a mish mash of genres, and I didn’t really enjoy any of them. This isn't an innovative album, its not even an interesting album. Its not essential listening and i hope i dont have to listen to it again. Halfway Home is still a banger though.

Great band and a great album! I haven't listened to this whole album before but it was good!

Too irritating to be enjoyable. Not as bad as some albums on this list so 2 stars.

Great surprise. Added to my library.

Alright. Nothing much to say about the music. The cover, though, is dreadful. It seems like it was made on Canva for an album a family would put together for Christmas.

The zeitgeist might have finally slowed to a crawl but no one informed TV on the Radio, who provided the scene with one of its brightest moments in Dear Science. An illuminating blend of rock, punk, funk and whatever suited them snugly, TV wound up crafting their magnum opus that best exemplified what made them special in the first place. May the title guide you in, let the music do the rest. Favorites: Halfway Home, Crying, Stork & Owl, Golden Age, Family Tree, Love Dog, Shout Me Out, DLZ.

That late 2000s indie creative writing with elements of funk and rock.

Pretty middle of the road album. Maybe it should be 2 stars instead.

Interesting

Annoying music, can't work to it. DNF.

Great rock album, has a strong indie vibe. Really enjoyed the production and sound of it, it flowed really well.

No esta mal, la verdad que a lo mejor lo vuelvo a escuchar, pero tampoco lo ame. 3,5

Probably the worst album I’ve heard so far. If not the worst it’s a close second. Didn’t like anything about it. I couldn’t even finish it.

Tricky album. At times it felt like a 5 star and then a song like Red Dress slaps that hope away by being kinda shit

This reminded me of Arcade Fire, but in a not so expensive to see live kinda way.

Why do I always underestimate this album. Every time I play I think "Man, this fucking rocks."

Tenker TV kan holde seg unna radio

Musically quite hard to follow – and not because it's complicated, but rather because it's a bit haphazardly composed. There isn't much in the way of catchiness or hooks, though I'll give the vocal (particularly in more melodic songs like Dancing Choose) props for trying. Notably though, other tracks like Stork & Owl completely throw aside the idea of an enjoyable or technically good vocal in favour of... experimentation? Not sure. Don't like it. TV On The Radio is like a group version of Bowie but with zero vocal control. It's a shame, because the instrument arrangements are generally fantastic. Love Dog ends up being a better version of Stork & Owl because it takes a similar instrument texture and places decent singing on top of it. Golden Age is also great: it sounds straight off the better part of Young Americans, with a couple of melodic lines in the instrumental poached from the 1975 record. It has to be the best song here. DLZ is not nearly as good as Golden Age despite being more popular. I'm not a fan of the quote that's this album's namesake: "Dear Science, please start solving problems and curing diseases or shut the fuck up." Not sure what exactly this is responding to – there weren't any huge notable science controversies in 2007 or 2008 – so presumably it's just a general anti-science sentiment. Very uncool. What's cooler is that (at least on the face of it) the songs themselves don't appear to be anti-science. Check out some of the sweet lyrics on DLZ: "This is beginning to feel like the long winded blues of the never / Static explosion devoted to crushing the broken and shoving their souls to ghost / Eternalised, objectified, you set your sights so high / But this is beginning to feel like the bolt busted loose from the lever." It's very pessimistic, possibly inspired by (and improving upon) Muse's early-2000s poetry. The style isn't (post-)alt but the lyrics definitely are. 3/5 Key tracks: Dancing Choose, Golden Age, Love Dog

This probably had a timeless sound for all of maybe 4 years before it became incredibly dated. You couldn’t make this before about 2006, and you couldn’t make this after about 2014. Now, I’m all-for that late 2000s / early 2010s indie rock, indie folk, indie whatever-the-fuck, but this is the worse side of the coin. An energetic but ultimately bland sound that matches the honestly terrible album cover. Seriously, what the fuck were they thinking with that album cover? It’s awful. Don’t judge a book by its cover though, right? Wrong. The music here may not be as laughably shit as the album cover, but it is laughably mediocre. That is, until the last four-or-so tracks, which are for the most part just mediocre. Not laughably so. I wanted to like a track besides DLZ, clearly the most popular based on its Spotify streams, but no. It’s most certainly the standout. But being the standout track here isn’t much to write home about.

Extraordinarily forgettable. As of this writing, it has been 13 years since the album came out, and from my perspective, has had zero impact on later art or culture. Not offensive, but not really worth talking about much either. ⭐⭐.5

A few things here I enjoyed. But I feel like everything this did good there's other bands that do it way better

It was fine, no real stand out tracks but it was good music

Damn, this SLAPS

Don’t change the channel don’t move the dial or you’ll miss this absolute banger

great album by a band that went under my radar.

1. home - 0 2. crying - 0 3. dancing - 0 4. Owl - 1 5. Golden - 1 6. Tree -1 7. Red - 0 8. Dog - 1 9. Shout - 0 10. Dlz - 0 11. Day - 0 ANOTHER SHIT GROUP !!!!!! Big fat zero

Dårligt album, ved ikke hvorfor jeg lyttede det hele vejen igennem, når jeg vidste på anden sang, at jeg ikke ville synes om det.

6/10

Fantastic. One of my favorites. Took me by surprise the first time I heard it and still does.

3/5. Solid. Nothing I especially disliked but also nothing I especially liked. Overall just solid.

I appreciate the revisit to this band! Solid sonic experience!

Do people like this?

Segundo día de septiembre y vamos con TV On The Radio, banda que conocí por un Guitar Hero/Rock Band y de la que luego me puse con su música. Rock colgado, neopsicodélico, por momentos es más arriba y por otros se vuelve más chill. Buen álbum de buenísima banda. Hasta mañana.

I dunno if I liked this album or not. It seemed as if some songs I liked, some I didn't, then I think that some of the songs I didn't liked had a beat switch in the middle that I liked. It was kinda confusing in a good way. But I guess the album was okay, maybe I'll listen to it again in the future to have a better feeling with it, but I don't think my opinion on this will change.

Что здесь вообще может восхищать?

Didn't care for this one as much as I did "Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes". This sounds kind of like OK GO if OK GO came from Temu.

Good stuff: not my personal favorite of theirs, but still solid

i’m honestly not sure how i feel about this one. it definitely sounds interesting, it sounds like an album that would be on this list, but I’m not sure if that necessarily draws me in! i liked golden age, the combo of orchestral horns + strings plus two layers of electric synthy staticky bass. a bit reminiscent of the national in the drumming at the beginning of the album, a bit of bon iver on family tree. red dress went in a completely different direction, the funk was unexpected. liked the tempo increase in shout me out. overall… Interesting album, listened to it twice, but not adding to my library

The Good: we know we are not going to get bored… The Bad: turns out that there’s nothing worth watching on the TV or hearing on the radio… The Ugly: still not understanding what science has to do with this! Bland… Or, blink and miss it… That’s the best way to describe the music. It’s not bad, but it’s just not there… So, I am reviewing an album that I played twice back to back and I can’t recall the experience… and that’s not the first time it’s happened to me during this here 1001 list. I do wish we could score on a 10 base, as this album isn’t 2*, but kind of isn’t 3* either. Guess it’s sticking to the trend it set for me with just not being anything...

Very nicely made it seemed, I don’t know anything about music yet.

Hadn’t heard of this band before but I thought they were not too bad. Good alt rock vibe.

i liked it, a decent entry into the mid-2000s/2010s indie rock pantheon

Absolutely awful

Twee keer TV On The Radio in zo'n lijst is sowieso één keer teveel. Toch zullen we het maar weer gewoon lijdzaam ondergaan, want we gaan in het vierde kwart van deze lijst niet continu zeiken over te vaak terugkerende artiesten. Wel regelmatig, maar niet continu. Op een dag is deze lijst klaar, komen we in een enorm zwart gat terecht zoekende naar een nieuw doel van ons bestaan. Dan zullen we, terwijl we met de loop van ons jachtgeweer tussen onze tanden geklemd staan, wensen dat er meer artiesten twee keer in stonden, dat het 2500 albums waren die we moesten luisteren. Zo ver is het uiteraard nog niet. Ik moet zeggen dat dit album me eigenlijk wel bevalt. Dit album heeft geen 'Staring at the Sun' als hoogtepunt, maar overall vind ik dit album wat leuker om te luisteren dan die vorige, waarvan de albumtitel me ondertussen ook alweer gewoon ontschoten is. Veel hipsterige geluidseffectjes die wel geinig zijn. Vaak een soort bas die klinkt alsof het uit een NES komt, of uit een dot matrix printer van weleer. Wie weet hoe het is opgenomen, het klinkt in ieder geval wel leuk. Een wat manische zangert. Gitaartjes, toetsjes, her en der niet zelf ingespeeld maar als sampletje vermoed ik. Ik vind dit wel leuk. Het is in ieder geval geen grijze brij zonder eigen identiteit en dat waardeer ik wel. Ik geef hem iets hoger dan dat andere album en daardoor komt dit heel nipt uit op 4 sterren. Maar dan ben ik wel echt een milde man.

Dear Science won't blow anyone's mind, but it's fun enough.

I am honestly not sure why this album is on the list, it was not a bad listen just doesn’t sound very influential to me. Like background music, songs I would listen to again are: DLZ, Halfway Home and Lover’s Day.

NESTAOMI JE ALBUM REVIEW. UHHHHHH. jako mi se svidio i iznenadio me i Lover’s day mi je bio top ali stvarno svaka pjesma je odlična

Ei ollut mitään ennakko-oletuksia, mutta silti yllätti positiivisesti. Vaikken ollu ennen kuullut niin kuulosti tutulta mutta samalla ihan omanlainen äänimaisema. Hyvää musiikkia jeejee.

Really enjoyed it! 3.5/5 could go to a 4 after another listen or two.

I really didn't enjoy this. Ghoulish and winey vocals with uninspired backing instrumentals. Everything was listenable but I think I'd skip every song if it came on the radio. 3.5/10 (1.75/5)

Very uneventful

girl i dont think anyone has to listen to this before they die

Favorite Track: Crying

TVOTR’s first 2 LPs didn’t really do that much for me aside from a few incredible standout points (Wolf, Lover, Wrong Way). Basically I just kept returning to Young Liars, the only thing I’ve ever enjoyed front-to-back by Adebimpe and Sitek. So, it was with some surprise that Dear Science was one of my favourite albums of 2008, ever present in the disc changer/iPod. I’m not sure it has stood up well over time, but the highlights for me - Crying, Golden Age, DLZ - still grab me. Whatever they had here didn’t extend to subsequent efforts, but this pop-tilt really suited them well.

I like I’d but I also didn’t like it. A conflicted 3/5

One or two ok songs, but overall too annoying, nervous and farfetched.

Different in beat and tempo. Wouldnt say it was good

Oh my Science, the band name is so on point!

Three great surprise and the rest mid

Najlošiji od prva tri i dalje jako dobar

Quirky, some songs poppy and synthy, some more like straight rock songs. It's up and down for me, but interesting.

Much more normal than their previous entry on the list, and boy is it still killer. Very catchy in places and fun to get lost in your thoughts to

For an album with a great production, solid performances and a lot of details and ambition in the instrumentation, it didn't grab my attention in any of the three times I listened to it. What I can say is that I found this record to be, generally, way more consistent than the other one, 'Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes', featured in this list. My favourite songs are: 'Family tree', with a rather melancholic ending. 'Shout me out' because of the high pace that make it quite energetic. 'DLZ' for being the catchiest song. I don't have anything else to add. A decent album.

Dope

Interesting combination of genres, decent album to listen to but not something that I will return to in the future.

Not bad.

Føltes som lydsporet til en film æ ikke kan huske å ha sett, på en sånn måte kor æ likte det bedre enn æ kanskje hadde venta, men likevel tvile på at æ noensinne kommer til å høre på det igjen.

По всем параметрам моя музыка, которая прошла по большей части мимо меня. Возможно, если я послушаю этот альбом через * лет, это будет мой любимый альбом в истории, но пока э. Лучшая песня - DLZ.

Spectacular album. It's rare to hear music this inventive and unique also have a bunch of certified bangers on the album. "Dancing Choose" and "Golden Age" are kinetic, infectious dance tracks that demand to be played loud. You just have to move your body when they're on. "Red Dress" is another fun one too. The music is impressive from top to bottom. There are lots of interesting production choices and flourishes (a fuzzy sound on the bass, a sudden burst of strings or horns), but the core songwriting is really strong too. There are key changes and transitions that surprised me in the moment but then immediately felt perfectly placed. The style is awesome too. Prog-rock, funk, alt-rock, dance and electronica all mixed into a stew that is uniquely TV On the Radio. It reminds me a bit of Radiohead's "In Rainbows," which came out the year before this. Like that album, this one has a wide range of styles on it, but the band sequences the tracks in a way that lets everything flow naturally. It's surprisingly accessible for music that also pushes the envelope. I had a blast with this. I'd heard it a few times years ago, but I should listen to it more. And listen to more TV On the Radio in general too.

TV On The Radio have always been in my periphery but never were a band I really got a chance to sink my teeth into, which is a shame because they sound very cool. At times they remind me of Spoon (a band I love), and I think the vocalist has a super cool voice. This album I feel like is a nice representation of their sound, and it's got one of their bigger songs on it "DLZ". It's a nice 3.3 for me.

Here again, I'm hearing noisy rock. Disappointed.

6/10 Favorite: Halfway Home

I was really into this album back in the day when I was dabbling in the indie hipster stuff that was popular at the time. This one still holds up fairly well.

enjoy Tunde every time he comes across my desk

a mix of late electro new wave and 90s alternative

It's OK. Kinda has Coldplay vibes but feels uninspired. Wouldn't recommend.

I thought this was Bon Iver for half of the album, but it was not, and he was not involved at all from what I can tell. I did generally like the album, but I couldn't fully immerse myself so it's a 3 not a 4.

Nothing special, and certainly not something I needed to hear before I died.

I wanted to enjoy this more than I did. It was fine. Busy, congested, a bit tiring to have on, but fine. I think they would be better if they removed about 40% of the noise in each track. By that I mean less instruments, less notes, focus on the core of what they are trying to play. As it stands, it's a bit of a muddled mess that just bounces off the walls and becomes pink noise.

Love this album. Love this band. Great recorded. Great live. Great for rock and roll.

I am not as familiar with this album somehow and glad I got a chance to revisit it as I feel they settled into themselves more on this one.

Ok

no es un mal album, pero me parece ciertamente repetitivo y no muy innovador

As anticipated, this is not my style in any way, and it never has been. Still, this is a lot better than I expected. Kind of like an indie rock version of At the Drive-In, without any of the hardcore influence and more new wave and post-punk.That doesn’t make it my thing by any means, but it made me tolerate it more than I thought I would. Doesn’t save it from being a rather boring dredge overall, though, and I will barely remember a single note off of it 6 months from now. Proof that the original end of this list really suffered from mid-2000s indie mag overhype. Maybe not bad, but 2005 ephemera that wouldn’t last.

Sounds good but too smooth and unsurprising, lacking edge 3.2

Not for me

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It very much feels like something from the late 2000s, and even the title is very much from the Millennial trend of being obsessed with science. The songs are catchy and extravagantly arrange.

Komplett unterschiedliche Songs in einem Album.

The first AI band ever recorded

Like LCD Soundsystem with more Lou Reed

Weird to see this band put a phish cover on their album

Pretty good

Simply ok. Never really gripped me. I have no complaints but I have no positive feedback either. Not bad.

Definitely thought this had a cool sound. Definitely need to give it a few more listens.

Hell fucking yeah! Jag började lyssna 30 sek på Marilyn Manson, pallade inte och tog denna före. Väldigt glad för det. Fyra dagar senare lyssnar jag i princip bara på denna. Från första låten, särskilt vid 1:54 kände jag, "det här är svinbra". Sen fortsätter det låt efter låt. Totalt är allt asbra. Jag har varje lyssning en ny favoritlåt. Men de som känns starkaste är Halfway home, family tree och shout med out. Men jag gillar verkligen variationen och de låtar som tar en liten annan väg, dancinc choose och red dress. Det är skivor som denna som gör hela den här resan värdefull (måste bara kämpa mig igenom MM någon gång - vill inte förstöra sommar/semesterkänslan dock). Kommer lyssnar mer, 100 %. Kommer även utforska deras andra album!

Det här var ju en väldigt trevlig överraskning! Välproducerat, varierat, bra sång och genomgående väldigt hög nivå (inte en dålig låt). Uppenbart sjukt duktiga musiker och definitivt ett band jag vill lyssna mer på. Denna är faskemej uppe och nosar på en femma och kanske skulle nå dit om jag lyssnade fler gånger. Känner nu att någon eller ett par riktiga smash hits saknas för att nå hela vägen. Stark fyra.

Some good songs on here but it is quite a mediocre album overall. The production is so flat, it’s miserable to listen to something so lacking in dynamics. It has a very late noughties sound

This was okay. I like Wolf Like Me from another album more than any of these tracks.

Instrumentally it was good for the most part. I felt the opposite about the vocals.

a surprisingly fun and funky combination of soul, post-punk, art rock, indie rock, and funk. the album title apparently came from a note that the producer wrote in the studio. Tunde Adebimpe has a voice that reminds simultaneously of Gorillaz and The Talking Heads - warm and towering. Incredible album.

desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes was interesting and weird but not my cup of tea, this is just some barely-more- interesting-than-average indie rock with some pretty consistently aggravating vocals

Nice album

- Chord progressions feel nice in some of the songs. - Love when he goes into the falsetto. - Got bored halfway through. It seemed to be lacking in energy and there weren't any hooks or anything to catch my attention. - Production is pretty good for 2008. Has a timeless sound for what they were trying to do in my opinion. - DLZ is a sick song.

Brilliant. I think that TV On The Radio is one of the most underrepresented bands of the 2000s indie rock era. I don't want to say under hyped or underrated, because the cult following of this band is strong. But I feel like they were overshadowed by Arcade Fire and The Killers. This record freakin slaps. The progressive moving nature of the song, the electronics, the brass, the gonzo vocals and soul influences. It's so good. I like that its dancy, but its also chill. I like that its experimental, while also being palatable. I'm glad they're kind of having a renaissance right now, they're long due for some extra credit.

Interesting mix of vocal rhythms, loops, guitars and keys make for an unusual album that is hard to pigeonhole and it's much broader than their indie rock label. Takes a few listens to appreciate which perhaps isn't a good sign but it is worth the effort. Halfway Home, Dancing Choose and DLZ stood out for me 3/5.

One of the canonical albums of this decade of indie rock, but I think I wasn’t really paying attention when it hit, so it kind of passed me by. This is uptempo and driving, with the synth playing a dominant role and the bass delivering a kicking beat. It’s hard to pick out what the guitar is doing as it kind of disappears into the richly textural and layered sound - like Animal Collective but more structured and funky. A masterful studio production with lots of elements coming together in every section. The songs don’t linger in one place too long, peaking into big lush choruses transitioning into contemplative instrumental breaks, verses coming and going. It risks veering into the irritating prog zone, but stays safely away in the end.

Indie/alternative?

Favorite Track: Lover’s Day

This DID NOT work for me. There were times when I heard a bad mix emo and alt/pop. Other times it sounded like a terrible Prince ripoff. Overall, I didn’t like a single song.

Stay out of my territory.

A perfect example of noughties indie. I remember seeing this album all around, but just never latched onto any of it - must not have downloaded any tracks at the time, and therefore it was always 'somebody else's' band, so I never got into them. It definitely would have been up my alley. Starts off so strong, then slides into some falsetto groove taunts. Feels like it has all kinds of influences - contemporaries like Arcade Fire and some of Beck's funkier side, to a clear Prince vibe at times. Surprise fave is Dancing Choose, but also really like Halfway Home and Golden Age.

I'll preface this by saying I'm a fan of this band and this album. Have been since it came out and will continue to be a fan for years to come. But I can't for the life of me figure out why it's on this list?! If you absolutely have to put something by these guys on the list, why not Nine Types of Light or Return To Cookie Mountain, which are arguably better albums? That said, I'm still giving it a 4 because I like this record, I'm just scratching my head as to why it's here.

JOJ JOJ JOJ JOJ VOLIM TE TV NA RADIJU

There were some great moments on here (I liked Crying and Red Dress very much), but there is also some annoying stuff in here. I also don’t know what to think of the singer’s voice.

Very conflicted listen. There's a lot of elements and fusion that I think work together strongly in theory. But the album in practice just feels very disconnected and has a very harsh production that does not blend the individual parts well at all. Could be better with better production, but there are moments where it does click. Top tracks: Golden Age, DLZ

Enjoyed it. Millennial coded

Disco correcto. Pasa un poco como en el de talking heads. Las bases son muy buenas y originales, pero el goofy ahh cantante va puestísimo. Me molesta del disco que suena a milenial. Nose el porque pero suena a coworker y a sitio de hamburguesas llamado Benny's burger o algo así. Es como musica 0 aurática. Ya se que el indie no es un estilo de musica real pero si me preguntas, esto es indie. Producción buena en las bases aunq las vocals no empastan bien y tienen muchísima compresión. Destaca el primer tema, el de nosequé dog y "DLZ" que es un temazo. 6/10->3/5

Forgettable

Fun and original. Diverse range of instrumentals and unique sounds. Not overly compelling but still cool.

Not bad, but the fact that various publications deemed this the best album of 2008 speaks volumes about the lack of impactful music at that point. I quite liked the blend of instruments. I liked the vibe on some of the songs, but it occasionally became irritating (eg the first two thirds of Golden Age). There was enough complexity, especially in the way that the songs "built" (the final section of each song tends to be the best bit), to be interesting. I do think that it's very representative of its time - it made me remember bands like Foster The People and Alt J.

I liked this a very lot.

Simply great.

I like indie but this just wasn’t it

Some great tunes and a hint of Arcade Fire here and there. Kind of remember the album when it came out and enjoying it.

Different sounding band. Not bad, just different.

En 2008, alors que le monde oscillait entre une anxiété palpable et un optimisme prudent, TV on the Radio a livré "Dear Science", un album qui semblait être la bande-son parfaite pour une époque complexe. Arrivant après le succès critique de "Return to Cookie Mountain", un disque dense, angoissé et formidablement alambiqué, "Dear Science" a pris tout le monde par surprise. Il s'est présenté comme une version plus lumineuse, plus accessible et indéniablement plus dansante du groupe de Brooklyn. C'est une oeuvre d'une intelligence et d'une ambition folles, un chef-d'oeuvre de production qui regorge d'idées. Pourtant, c'est précisément dans cette perfection quasi clinique que réside sa principale faiblesse. "Dear Science" est un album que l'on admire plus qu'on ne le ressent, une démonstration de savoir-faire qui, en polissant ses angles, a malencontreusement gommé une partie de l'âme brute et viscérale qui rendait le groupe si unique et essentiel. Le premier contact avec l'album est pourtant euphorique. Le producteur et multi-instrumentiste Dave Sitek, véritable architecte sonore du groupe, y déploie une palette d'une richesse inouïe. Les guitares post-punk abrasives sont toujours là, mais elles sont désormais drapées dans des arrangements de cordes luxuriants, des cuivres explosifs et des lignes de basse funk qui invitent irrésistiblement au mouvement. Le morceau d'ouverture, "Halfway Home", nous rappelle brièvement le chaos maîtrisé de leurs débuts avant que "Crying" et, surtout, "Dancing Choose" ne nous plongent dans une frénésie rythmique. Ce dernier est un tour de force, un rap frénétique et paranoïaque sur un beat irrésistible, prouvant que l'on peut faire danser les gens tout en dénonçant les maux de la société. Le single "Golden Age" est le point culminant de cette nouvelle formule : un hymne funk optimiste, porté par des cuivres éclatants et le chant charismatique de Tunde Adebimpe. C'est brillant, contagieux et incroyablement bien ficelé. C'est là que le "mais" intervient. Si la "Science" du titre est évidente dans la précision chirurgicale des arrangements et la complexité des couches sonores, le "Dear" (le cher, l'intime) semble s'être perdu en chemin. "Return to Cookie Mountain" était un cri du coeur, une plongée dans les ténèbres intérieures et collectives. "Dear Science", lui, est un disque-cerveau. Il analyse, décortique et commente l'apocalypse avec une distance presque académique. Les thèmes lyriques sont toujours aussi sombres – la guerre, le consumérisme, la dégradation de l'environnement, l'apathie politique – mais ils sont souvent servis sur des musiques si entraînantes et festives qu'un décalage se crée. La tension viscérale, ce sentiment de danger imminent qui parcourait leurs oeuvres précédentes, est ici désamorcée par la production elle-même. L'album est si parfaitement calibré, si lisse, qu'il lui manque cette rugosité, cette faille qui laisse passer l'émotion pure. Des titres comme "Stork & Owl" ou "Red Dress" sont impeccablement construits, des exercices de style admirables, mais ils peinent à provoquer le frisson. Ils glissent sur l'auditeur sans véritablement l'agripper. On entend la virtuosité, on reconnaît le génie de la composition, mais la connexion émotionnelle reste fragile. On a l'impression d'observer une magnifique machine complexe plutôt que de partager une expérience humaine. En fin de compte, "Dear Science" est un paradoxe fascinant. C'est l'album qui a offert à TV on the Radio son plus grand succès commercial et critique, et pour de bonnes raisons. C'est une oeuvre sophistiquée, audacieuse et en avance sur son temps. Cependant, en visant une forme de perfection pop-funk-art-rock, le groupe a sacrifié une part de son essence la plus précieuse : sa capacité à être imprévisible, dangereux et profondément touchant dans son imperfection. C'est un album essentiel dans la discographie du groupe et un marqueur important du rock indépendant des années 2000. Il mérite une écoute attentive et un grand respect pour son ambition. Mais pour l'auditeur qui cherchait dans TV on the Radio une catharsis, un cri partagé face au chaos du monde, "Dear Science" offre une réponse trop polie, trop contrôlée. C'est un chef-d'oeuvre de l'intellect qui laisse un peu le coeur sur sa faim. Un excellent album, sans aucun doute, mais pas le chef-d'oeuvre bouleversant qu'il aurait pu être. Un beau 3 sur 5

Definitely fine! Pretty easy listening and certainly sounds of its time

Good to know I wasn't missing anything by waiting to listen to this for a month or two

I like a couple of songs on here, but it just doesn't amount to much for me and blends in with a lot of alternative/pop that's out now (it's probably more of a 2.5)

Some interesting songs and good vibes on the record. Too long and a little bit bloated. 6/10

Why is this album on this list??? It's listenable but absolutely bland and forgettable. 1.5/5

Partly very nice, partly very average

A good album, but noticeably behind Seeds, Desperate Youth, and Return to Cookie Mountain. Dancing Choose is superb

Nostalgic 5/5 for me, which I may revise down to a 4 later. I remember buying Dear Science on iTunes in the fall of 2008, a few weeks before I got my driver’s license. All of my friends were obsessed with TV on the Radio, and none of us could believe how good this new record was. It’s Pavlovian to listen to now, bringing me right back to those carefree high school days where freedom felt like having the car for the night and a little bit of money in my pocket. Halfway Home still opens as powerfully as the first time I heard it all those years ago. That sweet bass line on the 3rd verse of Crying? Still hits. Funniest new thing I noticed was how explicitly sexual the closing track Lover’s Day is. That went way over my head back in the day.

I’d never heard on TV On The Radio before. I enjoyed my listen, but it wasn’t an absolute fave for me. I think without the nostalgia it didn’t stand out. Musically I’m not totally sure why this one made it to this list, but I was glad to have my music horizons expanded!

Hadn’t heard of them before. Enjoyed the listen, definitely felt the 2000’s vibes. Also didn’t stand particularly stand out to me, don’t think I’d go back to it

This is the first album we’ve had that I’ve actually listened to in its entirety before! Many times actually. 2008 was the peak of my Pitchfork/NME/music blog days and is when my taste in music really crystallized. Remember listening to this on my iPod. TV on the Radio is one of those defining high school bands for me. Listening to this album right after seeing Bloc Party live made me really nostalgic for the 2000s indie scene (passion pit, klaxons, tapes n tapes, two door cinema club) That said I was a bit surprised to see this album on the list -- it's personally meaningful for me but not sure this is the right album to represent that scene.

I found it very boring. 2 stars.

My only experience with this band and album is the excellent use of DLZ in Breaking Bad as Walter tells the methheads to stay out of his territory. The rest of Dear Science is pretty good too. It's got a thick but pleasant atmosphere that's sort of hard to pin down: is it optimistic? Pessimistic? Cynical? Sardonic? Somehow the band manages to tread the line between all of these. There's a mildly embarrassing 'sah random XD' vibe that rears its head on this occassionally but nothing we havent seen before out of an alt rock band of this time - I'm thinking of Dancing Choose. But the music is so tight, some lyrical missteps are easy to ignore: eg Love Dog sounds like it might only a few rungs above Phoebe's smelly cat song from Friends, but it still works when couched in the moody palette the band is working with here. I'd give it a high 3 but this is one I wish I had the time to spin more than twice.

This is the kind of album that probably would have become my entire personality over one summer holidays at uni. It’s fun, energetic, confident, and just really kind of cool. I especially enjoy the way a lot of these tracks build, starting off slowly and culminating in a crashing crescendo with some tight instrumental arrangements. The sound is very much, ‘of the time’. 2000’s indie rock was really hitting its stride at the time of release with bands like Bloc Party, the National, and Interpol all bringing similar energy to their music making. A great album with only a few standouts that I’d come back to. But as a complete package, this is a fine record. ✨

Pretty middle of the road really, nothing stood out, nothing excited me, it all blended together into a dull mix.

Bra. Första låten toppen. Resten lagom mediokert.

fine background music not like special really so far but i do kinda listen to it rather than entirely forgetting about it so it's not entirely boring feels like something that'd be on at a club 3

The middle of the album was pretty good. The first few songs were awful and the last few songs sucked. I almost put this in my library because with the strength of “Red Dress” I thought that would revisit the whole thing to see if I was missing anything. Then, it was one crappy song after another.

Better than expected

Wanted to shut it off. Terrible

Did not like the production. Felt almost ambient.

This album started autoplaying the most fire shit ever afterwards, I've never seen Spotify capture an albums vibe so well.

This wasn't terrible but something about it just didn't click with me.

Enjoyed this unique diverse album (can hear influences from so many styles). Good, not great....I like the band.

Pretty interesting sound.

First listen. Sounds fresh 17 years later. This is worthy of inclusion. Favorite songs: Crying, Dancing Choose, Love Dog, DLZ, Lover's Day 4/5 1-WTF 2-Nope 3-Meh 4-Yeah 5-Hell Yeah

Fine, but completely inconsequential. 2.5

to be honest, its a really mid album fro me; i didnt care about any song in particular (except maybe DLZ but whatever). i wont rate with 1 star because it had this techno vibe that i liked but i wont rate it better than 2 stars becuase it was so meh. its an album that id listen to in a very specific occasion/mood

I found it to be very relaxing. I liked the singer’s voice and the variety in sound. My son said it had a chill vibe. Like hard rock and LoFi mixed together. My wife said it would be good focus music and I agree. Great album.

Good Album for first suggestion

There’s a twitchy energy to it, and the mix of styles between funk, rock, electro, and soul is tight. Not bad, not boring, just... not enough. I think I respect it more than I enjoyed it. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions: - Halfway Home - Golden Age - DLZ

3 - good album nothing ground breaking

I’ll never, ever call Coldplay boring again… Just like The Beta Band, TV on the Radio have two albums om the list. Just like The Beta Band, there is no reason whatsoever, that TV on the Radio should appear on the list at all

Decent

Not bad, not great. Has some hints of Falming Lips and David Bowie, but not in an exciting way

Oh boy, was this long and dull.

What could I say about this one? Nothing. Probably nothing.

Fun album, not exactly sure what else to say except it started off not too good but got better

Why are there 2 of their albums on here?

Slightly generic indie rock, some tracks were interesting

Listenable.

Really enjoyed this. Had another of their albums come up less than a week ago. Really like them.

I think my problem before this with their music is that it seemed to lack quite a lot of emotion, but was really creative and I sort of thought that this would be the same from the first few songs but it gets so much better. There’s some amazing rock/rap/pop fusions on here and there’s just so much variety, like some really beautiful soulful songs on here. I feel like the massive attack comparison I made last time definitely still applies, due to the variety and creativity where you don’t really know what’s making the sound but you know it’s cool. Downsides are that some songs still do feel bit soulless, but this is definitely the best I’ve heard from them so far (not heard too much though) favourite songs: crying, dancing choose stork and owl, family tree (this one especially), love dog, DLZ Overall around 8/10

Solid album but insane to have to follow up 'return to cookie mountain'. DLZ as good as those tracks though. I think I would dissolve whatever band I was on immediately once we did something good and then make a new band.

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I was familiar with the song Wolf Like Me, which is a banger, as well as Happy Idiot. Back end of the album was a bit uneven, but overall I enjoyed it.

Say them live without knowing any of their songs and really enjoyed it, so was happy to get one of their albums. Fun stuff

the best of emotive rock. Stirring, entertaining, persuasive, and awesome.

Listened to this four times over a couple weeks before settling on a 3. I was familiar with the album from my junior-high listening days, and a couple tracks stuck with me, but it mostly felt like a new experience. The shock I experienced — please do not cancel me — to learn that the lead singer is Black was only topped by the shock I experienced a few days later to learn that the singer for Bloc Party is also Black, which really makes me, uh, confront the image I had in my head of those bands as two of the whitest indie acts of the 2000s. Lover's Day and Halfway Home are incredible bookends, the former rivaling the greatest outbursts from Broken Social Scene. DLZ, obviously, is eternal.

Enjoyed Dancing Choose particularly

decent alt rock album

This was a pretty good album. It wasn't a hard or really interesting listen, but, it wasn't offensive. I guess it is better than average, but it didn't blow me away

Another that I had never heard until now - and I am glad I did. Definitely have a unique sound that isn't easily categorized.

I like the people who can’t figure this one out because then I know they aren’t really focused on the MUSIC. That’s the point isn’t it???

Exciting indie.

The absolute best album I've heard so far with this album listening thing. Totally my vibe. Going to listen to them some more if I remember later on!

I first heard this music in 2010 and listening again in 2025, the album feels less essential. That being said it's clear that there is a unified vision start to finish and in many moments i love the balance between electronic exploration and the horns. I just wish there were more songs as strong as DLZ. Its a 3.5.

first listen i do not think this is very good

Nice music! But why is it on this list?

It feels like this band could’ve been so much more instead it’s boring in every way

I don’t know how to call this. It was like a mix between nostalgia and riding in a car at with wind blowing in your hair with classical music intertwined. But also energy.

Found it kinds.boring

I am not sure this belongs to the list, maybe as a stand-in for other such records? Don't get me wrong, this is a mighty fine record, cool songs, good voices, terrific production. But it still feels generic, like a patchwork of things all known, a little bit rearranged and freshly combined. R&B meets Rock, meets Pop, meets Electronica meets Ambient. I love it, but still somehow it feels wrong on the list.

This is a band I’ve always liked but wanted to like more, but honestly, I can’t get there. Idk what it is - I feel like some of their choices are weird, or all their music is a joke that I’m not totally getting. Like, why is there a six minute song that is sung in French? They’re very much hipsters. And maybe I’m not cool enough to connect to it.

Good album not great, cookie mtn is dope 3.5

I didn’t know what I was getting into as I had never heard of the album or band, and the album cover didn’t tell me a lot about the album, but I was very pleasantly surprised!

There are two TV On The Radio albums on this list and neither of them are "Return To Cookie Mountain" which is arguably their most significant work. If there needs to be a TV On The Radio album here it should be that one in my opinion. Doesn't really sense to me but it certainly isn't the only choice that confuses me on this list. Anyways this album is fine. Extremely average indie bullshit that was being mass-produced during this era. NEXT! Favorite track: Dancing Choose 2.5/5

Golden Age and Family Tree stand out on this album. The rest feels like background music to me.

need to relisten but a pleasant affair

-C Shein version of Nine Inch Nailes.

Not for me. 1/5

this is very new to me and kinda cool?

Had heard the song DLZ before and like it, the album as a whole was pretty solid. Interesting blending and had a creative feel. 6/10

"Halfway Home" reminds of the song "The Season" by The Dodos, but more electronic. I went back and listened to The Dodos song, and they don't sound too similar but there is something in the vibes. I didn't pay too much attention to the individual tracks, but I enjoyed this album. There was a lot of funky electronic business going on, and the songs had a lot of variation. My favorite songs were "Crying", "Dancing Choose", "Golden Age", "Family Tree", and "Shout Me Out". 7/10

This was decent, finished stronger than it started. 3.5/5

This is a band I haven’t always cared for, but I really enjoyed this one. Much better than their debut which appeared earlier in this exercise and in my opinion can be superseded by this one.

TVOTR has always one of the bands that I’ve never really been dying to see live, or even put on one of their albums. I like the occasional track when it comes on, but was hoping to get into this full length a bit more. Just ok for me

I enjoy these guys but think I prefer some of their other albums. Quality listen but nit a stand out for me.

Not usually a big fan of these guys but to my surprise I enjoyed this very much. Dug the mash up of rock and electronic vibes. 3.5/5

Enjoyed this

I can clearly hear some influences but i dont think this is a good mix. Its okay for background listening. Low 3

Fun

Pretty good.

kinda fun, their popular music seems buns though

Reflections on about 1/3 of the way through - I'm trying to find music I enjoy. This was good, but it's a critical darling, but not something I would put on and enjoy over and over again. WHERE ARE THOSE ALBUMS?

I had totally missed these guys and am glad to have been encouraged to listen. I like the vibes.

A couple of sort of interesting things but mostly just boring and somewhat pretentious. I don’t get it. Not sure why this made the cut

Listenable album from a bad that I know is very popular in some circles. That said, I really didn’t see what was so special about this that caused it to be on the list. 3⭐️

43/1001 Forty-plus albums in, and so far I have not been blown away by albums I have never heard of or encountered at all before. This is nowhere near as awful as some other long-players I've had to endure. Run-of-the-mill electronic indie, at its best coming off like Beck-lite, at its worst like the soundtrack to a 90s commercial which produces a one-hit wonder band you've now forgotten the name of. The vocals don't really work for me, annoying semi-rap, all fake attitude and evocative of something else already done far better by someone else. Dear Science tries to be many things, but excels at none of them, and just isn't very cool or authentic sounding. Compared to others I have encountered on this list thus far, at least there is some semblance of melodic content and interesting moments of musicality. Still only one star, and I doubt I'll listen to it ever again by choice, but by no means the bottom of the barrel.

This is a little different, and I'll give it stars for that alone, however, it probably isn't something I'd listen to regularly, but that's just my personal taste.

This is mostly junk - there is a small bit of musicality.

I don’t think I’ve heard of this band before, but I like their style.

They display good range in this varied collection. If you like this, you'll love Flight of the Conchords. Irony or intention?

Lots of different styles. Quite engaging

Actually a rather enjoyable album. Kind of a chill indie rock record that I could listen to again. 3.5/5

Won't you come out to play? We're ending a lot of multi-album artist sagas lately. Last ABBA album. Last Nirvana album (I don't think the yet-to-be-listened-to live album counts). Last Black Sabbath album and now the last TV on the Radio album. I don't recall much of Blood-Thirsty Babes. I remember it being very vocals-focused, which was damning to me as I didn't like the style of the singer. Will Dear Science (greet the brand new day) do much to assuage my doubts of this band? NnnnnNNNNNNNnnnnnn-Yes, actually! There's a surprising level of ambition to Dear Science (open up your eyes). The songs are intricate, layered and feature a wide array of instruments/electronic tones. "Shout Me Out" is a good example of this. It's constantly building on itself and is carried towards a great climax thanks to some pretty good songwriting. "Family Tree" is also good, but in a more subdued, sentimental sense. The string section at the end was particularly sublime, though I also liked the quieter, more emotional vocals. Despite being strong overall, the ambition of this album can be a double-edged sword. "DLZ" is a good example of a song where I thought too much was going on, making it difficult for me to a get a hold on whether I liked it. Other songs were completely dead on arrival due to lacking instruments that I cared for - most notably "Lover's Day", which I thought was a bit of a cacophonous mess. I'm currently undecided on Tunde's vocals. They're better than I remember them being, though there are only a handful of performances that inspire me. The same can be said about the album itself, really. It's about as much of a hit as it is a miss. Granted, the songs that do hit manage to land quite well and all I need to come around to a full album is one song that I like. I'll see how I feel about a relisten later down the line. For the time being, I am satisfied.

Seemed pretty good

Genre-hopping, sharp, and emotional. A little uneven but packed with standout tracks. Loved the fire, loved the ache.

Unique sound and interesting vocals

Couldnt even finish :/

great

This album says nothing to me (nothing good, nothing bad). Just perfect for the elevator in a stylish hotel somwhere in the world.

It’s better than a lot of others I’ve come across on here

Completely forgot this band. This album is weighty and wholesome and hits all the right buttons. Joy.

Grooves well and easily and convincingly, without overreaching or trying too hard. And certainly they knew/know their way around the indie rock map, but – critically – how to embroider and spin it up into something new, fresh and just a litlte bit different. Plus artier, with excellent use of strings, brass and percussion. One can't help but like a good bit of it, given how much it sounds like other favorite bands (e.g., the National, Radiohead). One particularly digs the opener and "Stork & Owl." "Golden Age" and "Red Dress" are cool and funky, but not too. "Family Tree" is legit and lovely. "Shout It Out" is how to do mid-tempo set-up for near full-on banging. "Lover's Day" is an excellent closer – rich and interesting and wholly satisfying. The little "cool" on the exit into silence, a few seconds after the last note closes the deal – there's a humility about it that suggests one would like these guys as well as their music. This is so thoughtful and well executed and holds up so well that's it's destined to be called Dad Rock.

This is the most meh albums I’ve listened to yet. It doesn’t make me happy, mad, annoyed, excited, tired, or anything else really. I really have no idea as to why this is on the list but The Colour and The Shape isn’t. (2)

i didn't watch show, but after this album i want to. Good thing. Very good :>

Pretty decent low 4/5

It sounds really original, and it's an intriguing listen.

Nearly every song is far longer than it needs to be, it just felt like everything would be much better if it were a minute shorter.

TV on the Radio son una banda excelente, con una discografía impoluta, especialmente sus primeros tres discos. Cierto es que este tercero no es el mejor de los tres y no contiene su mejor canción: Wolf like me. Sin embargo es un disco brillente con temas excelentes, entre ellos la inicial Halfway home o Golden Age (que marcó el camino a Arcade Fire). Family Tree y Red Dress tienen una producción brillante y Lover´s day es un cierre maravilloso. Ahora bien 2008 tuvo mejores discos aunque no mucho: In rainbows , el 3º de Portishead, el debut de Vampire Weekend, el de Fleet Foxes o el de MGMT (con reservas), Velocifero, Microcastle...

This was a decent album, especially for some groovy indie rock with electronic influences. I remember TV on the Radio being a big deal in the mid to late 2000s, but back then, from what I recall, they always seemed okay but not particularly interesting to me. This was my first time listening to this album, and while it’s decent for what it is and slightly more engaging than I expected, it still doesn’t grab me all that much.

I've always wondered if I just missed the TV On The Radio moment or I don't like their sound. There may be more of their albums on this list. But so far I'm coming around to the latter.

"Let's dance, but not in a way that makes it seem like you like to dance" music

I fully thought this would be a band made of white hipster men until I looked them up. Sorry to all but one band member I guess.

A few good moments, but if this album came up again I’d turn it off

Hard to get into. A real eclectic mix of styles that sits squarely in the middle of that post-rock age led by the likes of Radiohead. Given that I couldn't get into post-rock, its no surprise I'm not into this. It's both interesting that they've managed to integrate so many styles (punk, rap, dance/electronica, roots, etc) but also off-putting in ways I can't put into words.

3.5

Really enjoyed this one. Definitely turned the morning around and now I'm singing into a hairbrush like in Valley Girl.

The vocals killed this for me. It sounded like someone trying to copy the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, a band I despise anyway, but extremely forced. This tension of "the vocalist literally can't sing" lasted the entire album, making it a pretty traumatic experience. This album is almost perfect for describing to people what I don't like in music; generic, cheesy, nothingness, talentless, bland, hipster music. I was petting my dog when "Love Dog" was playing, which gave me just enough of a smile to lift this up from 1 to 2 stars.

Decent indie rock, most mid, some good highlights

I like this. They incorporate sounds from a lot of genres, and most songs are pretty interesting. Pleasant surprise.

This is all over the place, in the best way possible. Has that epic quality that mid-aughts Indie rock had.

hipster AF

Está bstante bien. 3.5

So good! I used a TV on the Radio song on a spot I cut a while ago and really liked the track, but never listened to them after that much. Don't know why. This album was a bit different than that track, but looking at their Spotify bio (which is kind of humorously braggadocious) apparently they are known for constantly evolving their sound. There weren't many clunkers but highlights for me included: "Crying," "Stork & Owl," "Shout Me Out," and "DLZ"

Nice.

A fountain of ideas and endless experimentation. They always sounded so different to their early 2000s peers and continue to do so

Interesting stuff

This has aged well, I remember liking it well enough when it came out and it’s still as inventive and fun, maybe even more fun now.

Just a solid record

Prince meets Radiohead and they battle to a draw. Brighter and more buoyant than one remembers, poppier and more pleasing, too. There are likable variations on the core indie rock template throughout, a bit funkier here, a bit artier there. One likes the vocals quite a bit. Opener, "Golden Age," "Family Tree," "Red Dress" are all notably strong, but "Shout Me Out" and "Lover's Day" really stand out for having terrific, exploratory endings, the one with a noise rock-inflected close, the other aiming for (and hitting) nu classical or art song flourish. The whole thing feels thoughtful and well made. Glad to be re-acquainted here.

Rounding up to 4, this is a 3.5.

This album never really hit the mark of what it was going for in my opinion. At least that's the way my inexpert opinion feels about it.

My previous experience with TVOTR has been pretty limited. A random song here and there. Phish has made their cover of "Golden Age" a live staple for many years. Beyond that, TVOTR has been one one those bands that I would someday get around to. I'm glad that day has finally come. This is an excellent record that warrants further inspection. Gonna have to knock off a half-star or so for the moments on this record that sound a little too Coldplay-ish for my taste.

They seem to throw everything at every song, and still something is missing. Can't explain why, but this band does nothing for me.

måske generøst at give den her 3, for at være et fedt nok indiealbum fra 00'erne giver imo ikke eksistensberettelse på den her liste

Ret positivt overrasket over at der er ikke bare en men TO TV on the Radio plader på den her liste. (Jeg lyttede rigtig meget til det i gym). Det her er deres bedste plade, stor 4er.

DLZ is a huge banger!

Noe kult men den cyber-jazzen kan du beholde ass goddamn. Hvorfor er dette et mer viktig album enn, la oss si, hvilket som helst Jungle-album? Eller Tame Impala? Eller typ Outkast? Getouttahere

One of my favourite non-Canadian bands from the mid-2000s indie rock scene. Great to revisit this album.

Just a solid indie rock album with a lot of culture, would listen again

This is a clean, diverse album that can sound like Prince, Bon Iver, REM, or The Beach Boys when it wants to. It is definitely firmly situated among late 2000s indie-pop, but it holds up pretty well. “Crying” and “Red Dress” are standout tracks for me. Ps: I can’t ignore the cool fact that “DLZ” was used in Breaking Bad during the “stay out of my territory scene”. That was epic.

2,5

I'd never heard of TV On The Radio, which in a list of this kind, can't be an entirely good sign. However, this is not bad at all. The songs all seem slightly too long and I can't help thinking they lose a bit of focus but this is interesting.

3.8

This hit me to an audible ‘wow’ and has kept my attention since. Every listen a new layer. While early days, this could be the triumph of the project.

Dear Science was released in 2008, and I did not like it then. I spend the next couple of years thinking I did not like OK Computer by Radiohead, because apparently the two combinations of artist names and albums are inseparable in my mind (Dear Computer by TV On The Radiohead). I know think both albums are pretty swell.

I remembered this as being a lot better than their debut (which I really, really enjoyed, FYI). It's drastically different, no doubt about it - but I don't know if it is THAT much better? Even if it isn't, it's still a great record deserving of its praise.

why was this so bad?

Is early 00s Indie Rock the new 90s BritPop? I've had three 'current' groups pop up and I couldn't tell the difference from one to the other. 2/5

Really fun surprise. The first half was so solid. Second half did feel weaker but still had a couple awesome ones. Will definitely be going through their other stuff. Thanks list! Rating: 4.3

I'm a fan of Return to Cookie Mountain and I was hoping for so much more from this but its just not there? It has its moments but it just largely falls flat and is just adequate to good Best Song: DLZ Rating: 6.0/10 3 Stars

Very nice

Listen again

Interesting. I don’t know that I will be seeking them out, but I would listen to them some more.

8/10. Creative enough and a lot of fun. Parts of this feels like a superior Coldplay to me.

I’d only heard the one big hit they had which looks like it was prior to this album. That hit I really like! This album felt a bit long as a total, some enjoyable tracks but nothing that really stuck in my head.

Dont know how to rate this. There were shades of great and garbage here.

Some songs are great and some are awful

I didn't dislike this but I'm a bit torn on why it's here. I can hear some strong influences but that tells me why those artists are on here more than this album. Not a waste of time to hear and some cool direction but I don't think this is mandatory as the things it was built on. Shout Me Out got pretty interesting in the second half.

I enjoyed this listen. Clearly some Prince influence, some Bowie, but still that indie rock vibe. Interesting lyrics that peaked my intrest a number of times. Nice compositions, didn't feel overly repetitive. Probably could be shorter overall tho. I'll probably listen again.

3.5/5. Pleasant and interesting (overall). I'm leaning towards giving it 4 stars.

este álbum no tendría que estar en esta lista ni en pedo

kult!

Gud, a lot of viu viu

Varied soundscape makes this enjoyable but not super compelling.