(Jagjaguwar)At first glance, Relayted seems like a joke, a latterday album-length equivalent of the knowing cover versions with which indie bands used to pad out Peel Sessions: an album by a group of US alt-rock luminaries – Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and members of Digitata, Solid Gold and Megafaun among them – making a record in thrall to 10cc, 80s soft rock and R&B, replete with sax solos, on which every track proceeds at a stately 69 bpm, the speed at which I'm Not in Love went about its ...
Guardian Music — (Jagjaguwar)At first glance, Relayted seems like a joke, a latterday album-length equivalent of the knowing cover versions with which indie bands used to pad out Peel Ses... more info