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Wye Oak's TV Eye Is Trained Upon You


I'm finding it hard to say much about the video for "Please Concrete" by the Baltimore duo Wye Oak, mainly because I'm struck by its almost-scary resemblance so many daydreams I had as a solitary, sorta-sickly young girl, right down to the muted fall colors. (Sure, the shoegazy indiepop twosome is something of a House Band for this here site, but I didn't think that would give them a line in to my childhood memories!) Anyway, I suppose "childlike reverie" is kind of a nice thing to be plunged into on a day when the world seems to be going even crazier than usual, right? Ha ha. [Pitchfork.TV] More »

2:45 PM on Mon Sep 29 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Idolator-beloved Baltimore duo Wye Oak—p.k.a. Idolator-beloved Baltimore duo Monarch—had their debut album If Children reissued by Merge Records this week, and you should buy it if the idea of "an indiepop record that's equal parts mid-'90s K Records and shoegaze" pushes your buttons like it does mine. And! Those of you who have had If Children since its original release will be delighted to hear this live set of theirs, which features a few new songs. It's like Christmas in April, except with a blog post from last month! [Aural States; HT Al Shipley; Photo Nikola Tamindzic]

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No. 12: Wye Oak Sends Out A Signal And the song at No. 12 shows that two people, when they put their mind to it, are able to emit enough light and heat for everyone to stay warm.

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