David Emery OnlineTV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
19 December 2006
And now to start the top 3 of my list of the best albums of 2006 – just missing out from the top 2 spots is TV On The Radio’s second album, Return To Cookie Mountain.
There’s just something about this album – it’s breath taking; awesome in the original meaning of the word. It’s the best album of this year – the two ahead of it are there simply because they fit my music taste closer.
The thundering drum beats. The layered vocals. The feedbacked guitars.
All are simply stunning.
Wolf Like Me is probably the most accessible songs of the album, and it’s a great song. Not as in “yeah, that’s great”; as in “The Great”; as in the best anyone could ever hope for from a piece of music:
I almost don’t know what more to say about TV On The Radio; they’re too good, almost. Live, they are – of course – amazing; they have a huge amount of power behind them, which you get on the record, but is just staggering in person.
Just go get the record.