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.
Kroeber: Two of my favorite things, skateboarding and the great outdoors, are combined here in a way that few people would ever think of. Against the stunning backdrop of the Swiss Alps, these guys are able to muster a surprising amount of tricks on the very limited concrete and stone contained within. The lack of a soundtrack only adds to the feeling of being there as the sound of rushing streams bubbles up around the action.
Video after the jump.
