DISCOVERY

I suppose it's a little late to be blogging about this album since it came out quite a bit earlier this month, but oh well. When I heard Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot were collaborating on a side project, I was pretty excited and had high hopes, as I enjoy both of their respective bands. I know a lot of people have shit with Vampire Weekend, but their first album is just so laid back, simple, and poppy. And although Ra Ra Riot is just starting to really get their name out there, I remember seeing them at Jackrabbits a little over a year ago, and I think a lot of people left impressed. Their set was really good, and it is refreshing to see a band with multiple string instruments (other than guitars of course). But anyway, it seems that working together Rostam and Miles could just not make it happen. The album is very "eh", and while some of it could be described as okay, none of it sticks out as anything special and some of the songs are just plain bad. There are two covers on the album, Ra Ra Riot's "Can You Tell" (god, the original is so much better) and the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" (it is shameful to disgrace a classic like that). Most of the other songs are not even worth commenting on. The only two songs that even somewhat spark my interest are the following:



♥ Discovery - Osaka Loop Line