Dear Science

3.5

TV On The Radio is another one of these bands that I hear on the radio from time to time but have never listened to an entire album of, which is the sort of thing I’m doing this project for.

I'm guessing I've never followed up with these guys because a lot of these tracks are smoother than what usually gets my attention. But it's a tuneful, enjoyable rock album with bits of funk, interesting vocals, solid percussion, and strings and horn sections adding to the sound here and there, so what's not to like. I might check them out for a repeat listen.

Favorite tracks: "Red Dress," "Love Dog"

4 stars

TV on the Radio is always fun to listen to. I enjoyed this album.

I like where this was going even if it didn’t always get there. Good background / mixer music but nothing too introspective.

I saw them play dancing choose on some late show when this album came out and loved it. Not sure why I never sought out the rest of the album, wish I had, it’s good.

Something about this just doesn't connect with me. I'm not sure how to best quantify it, but the album just feels overly synthetic/digital in a way that doesn't appeal to me. It's not bad, but lacks a certain element that keeps me from truly enjoying it.

Very good very good

Ik haak al af bij de eerste klanken: "pa pa pa". Maar het is de lijst, dus ik zet door. En het wordt gelukkig wel iets beter dan dat.

Het vorige album van deze band dat we kregen was het debut en sterk experimenteel. Dit album is wat meer in balans. Er komt af en toe ineens flinke elektronica bij en er wordt eens wat afwijkend gezongen. Maar zo gek als eerder wordt het niet.

Het is ook nooit goed. Want wat krijg je dan? In plaatst van een 2 voor de experimenten scoor je dan een 3 voor de vergeetbaarheid. Bij de 2 noemde ik nog dat het wel een terechte notering in de lijst was. Ik zou voor het album van vandaag geen reden kunnen bedenken...

I was hating this for the first couple of tracks but it slowly started to grow on me and by the time it got to Red Dress I was really enjoying it.

There’s definitely a few tracks on here I will go back to but I don’t think it’s one I’m likely to go and listen to in full again.

Top Track - DLZ

Significantly better than the last album from these guys, but still not good. Too forced and too boring.

1.5/5.0: Bad

abysmal

Nothing was quite in this pocket when it came out. It isn't a perfect album but it has some really bright spots and certainly is something I used to spin up and leave on while cleaning really often.

Mutig, rhythmisch spannend und voller guter Ansätze, doch die Vielfalt schlägt manchmal in Unruhe um. Ein solides, aber ungleichmäßiges Werk.

This sounds like a 40 year old dad's version of what indie rock should sound like. And his voice is terrible.

I vaguely know TV On The Radio and have a couple of their songs saved on Spotify but I can't really say that I've spent any time listening to them. So this one is basically an unknown for me. I do remember a lot of people comparing them to Radiohead when they first came out. Maybe the Radiohead fans needed a new band? I don't really remember.
Some cool vibes to start off. Nice and chill sort of ambient stuff. Then Dancing Choose starts and you've lost me here a bit. It goes back to the sort of airy ambient fluff afterwards. It just kind for carries on from there. I'm not sure this is really for me. It was ok but even thinking back after a couple of hours I can't remember any of the songs specifically, more just the overall feeling of the album. One and done for me. 2.5/5

First time hearing. Good stuff

Like a discount rack at a dollar store version of Gorillaz

Again, although I like it well enough, I don't really fully connect with TVOTR. I liked the second half of the album more than the first, with particular call outs for "Shout Me Out" and "DLZ"

Bit boring and unmemorable. A shame, cos their other album on here was decent.I won't return to this.

Run-of-the-mill indie rock, I'm not really a fan but it's pleasant enough, they experiment with a large instrumental variety which is pretty cool. I thought it sounded like a chiller, early Gorillaz at some points. I enjoyed the more animated moments such as Red Dress, where you can actually see the funky Prince influence. Overall though I just don't think there's much calling to me for future listens. I'm certain that there were more influential records than this in 2008!

Standouts: Halfway Home • Crying • Family Tree • Red Dress