TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

First listening: I like the first track, then get into this post-prog mainstream romance for a while, as I just tweeted before seeing this thread:

TV On The Radio, Seeds: Crooning? But on 1/2 the tracks *so far*, relationships more overtly complex, vox adapts, arrangements always ready Fave so far: "Winter." Want more of this higher, rougher voice, more of this guitar. Male singers are often my main prob w rock bands (even Parquet Courts, initially). I'll keep listening.

meant *they* get into post-prog mainstream romance for a while, not me.

Careful You is amazing.

After over a dozen listens and writing my review a while back, surprisingly the two songs that were most stuck in my head were "Test Pilot" and "Love Stained," both of which I praised but somewhat backhandedly. Do not underestimate the power of their simple but persistent hooky choruses. Either one could do well as singles/videos, but I fear Harvest doesn't have the proper pop marketing machine in place.

I was disappointed by three misses, but still a great album.

was not expecting much from this but am surprised to find out how much i like it. its bland at times, a bit too polished, a bit like an AOR record from the 80s/90s (some of the production touches seem kinda dated, even if the sonics are modern) and i think the lyrics might have gotten a bit worse in terms of trying a bit too hard to sound beautiful and important but careful you is so, so good. a lot of really good melodies on this. and winter is one of the best 'rock' songs theyve ever done (i know the riff is so blatantly obvious but for some reason im drawing a blank - is it the damned?). if this IS their last album (not sure it is), then its a great way to go. much better than the last one.