For five albums—starting with 2006’s Beware Of The Maniacs—there was always something playful, almost ephemeral about the Dodos, as if they might simply stop recording at any moment. But the duo just issued its crowning achievement, new sixth set Individ, which sets serious subjects to Logan Kroeber’s galloping drum beats, Meric Long’s vibrato-resonant vocals and ethereal finger-picked filigrees, on thoughtful tracks like “Darkness,” “Bastard,” “Precipitation” and an ominous “Goodbyes And Endings.” Long and Kroeber will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on them.
Long: I’ve been listening to this track for a year now at least a couple times a week, and although it’s 19:00, it never tires. The guy has been writing piano music since the ’60s, and his hands move so fast that it all starts to sound like one note. Very droney—good for mornings.
Video after the jump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkouoANGv1I
