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 really struggled with whether to include this song, but because it rules so much of our collective band-brain, it should probably make the list. This is barely the tip of the iceberg, but if you decide to go down this rabbit hole, you will be rewarded greatly. Love it or hate it, you should at least know that it exists.
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