I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Not a lot of outright indie can impress me, but Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One" managed just that.

Beautifully intimate stuff that's looked out through various genres and moduses. It takes what bands like MBV, Stereolab, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement (a bit), and independent folksters did and distills it into a batch of songs that sound beautiful.

It's also nice hearing them the way they're sequenced. The beginning is infectious, and then it goes into full vibe territory and ends on a really nice note with My Little Corner of the World. I just hope my eventual vinyl copy has the same feeling to it.

Never listened to this before; highly enjoyed it. Little Honda sounds like it could be the Jesus and Mary Chain, We're An American Band sounds like MBV. Overall, very eclectic, but everything attempted here succeeded in my book.

YLT should be right in my wheelhouse. While I enjoy this one, I don't quite find it to be elite. 3.5/5

Aika jees indieplatta! 3/5

I want to Love Yo La Tengo. Decora and Black Flowers are formative songs. But without forced attention they just aren't interesting

I really enjoyed listening to this one and could see myself doing so again in the right mood.

Lots of different flavors here, but it's pretty consistent in quality. Just wish it hit higher highs.

YLT is a band I always mean to give more time than I have. Listening now really proves that I should. This album is such a vibe. I love how calm and meditative it is for most of it, but without losing its very strong pop sensibilities.

Yo La Tengo's always been kind of interesting to me. I've never developed even a little bit of enthusiasm for them, but when I actually put them on, they're pretty solid. Got nothing bad to say about them.

Three vocalists means more variety than some albums; sounds like they are having a blast recording it; very much a jam band

Enjoyed this album, but just a bit of the long side I thought became a bit of a drag and seemed disjointed in parts. Glad I listened though.

Strangely enough, a band that I've apparently left sitting on my to-listen pile for way too long. It’s eclectic in the best way. The music roughly straddles the line between noise rock and dream pop, with influences from Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth evident, but there are also hints of shoegaze and mellow sixties pop.

The first few tracks carry a subtle weight, with darker undertones both musically and emotionally. But around “Shadows,” the album shifts: it loosens up a bit. Songs like “Damage” and “Autumn Sweater” immediately stood out, and then there were songs like “Green Arrow” with a mood like sitting on a wide Queenslander porch with friends and beers as the sun goes down. “The Lie and How We Told It” carries that same quiet resonance.

“Little Honda” reimagined through a Velvet Underground lens is more fun than it has any right to be, and the feedback solo in “We’re an American Band” is gloriously chaotic.

It’s a generous album, balancing fuzzy distortion with delicate stillness. And that balance might be the real genius of it. Apparently it captures both Yo La Tengo’s noisier early edge and the mellow, atmospheric direction they’d lean into later.

This one's going into rotation. And I'm really keen to explore the rest of their catalogue.