Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 2xLP Vinyl Record

Yo La Tengo – Electr-O-Pura 25th Anniversary 2xLP Vinyl Record

Produced by Roger Moutenot and recorded at House of David in Nashville, Tennessee, Yo La Tengo’s eighth studio album “Electr-O-Pura” expands the guitar-based pop of it’s predecessor “Electr-O-Pura” to encompass a variety of other music genres. Most of the songs on the album deal with melancholy emotions and range from short and fragile ballads to long and open-ended dissonance. 

The 16 tracks that make up the ambitious and epic “I Can Hear the Heart” see the group stretching out their whispery vocals and deceptively straightforward pop approach to encompass a variety of unexpected styles. This meant softly wandering guitars and steadfast drums twisted out of their indie rock trappings and morphed into adventurous Krautrock jams like “Spec Bebop,” haunting, harmony-driven psych-folk like “We’re an American Band,” and even a playfully naive take on bossa nova with “Center of Gravity.” As for the blissed-out melodic noise pop Yo La Tengo had been working on for the majority of their existence, this is one of the band’s finest hours.

Pressed on Classic Black Vinyl

TRACKLISTING

Side A: 

1. Return To Hot Chicken
2. Moby Octopad
   
3. Sugarcube
   
4. Damage
   

Side B:

1. Deeper Into Movies
2. Shadows
   
3. Stockholm Syndrome
   
4. Autumn Sweater
   
5. Little Honda