Yo La Tengo - 'Summer Sun' (Matador) Released 07/04/03

September 24, 2003 by Tim Bruzon

For anyone out there suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, listen up. The time has come to put those tiresome sessions in front of your 'happy lamp' behind you. No longer will you have to sit in your shit-tip of a room burning a hole in your retinas just to summon up the strength to turn on the TV in time for Countdown. With a single dose of Yo La Tengo's latest offering you'll feel the very essence of US State approved sunshine permeating your every pore, flushing the dreary Britishness right out of you and onto the bug-ridden carpet of your bedsit.

It's a truly wonderful thing. From the wonderfully catchy, 'Little Eyes'/'How To Make A Baby Elephant Float', to the intriguing, 'Nothing But You and Me', Yo La Tengo's sun soaked guitars, floaty keyboards and whispering vocals are constantly rewarding. Next time you have to negotiate Tesco on a Saturday morning, put it on your walkman and as the fragile rhythms roll out like waves on a Californian beach you'll actually find yourself looking for the longest queue at the checkout.

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