The Fastidious Assassins

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Saturday 24 October 2009

Atlas Sound- Logos


I would hate people to think I am in love with Bradford Cox....well I think I am. Fastidious Assassins' album of the year Microcastle by Deerhunter was a beautiful record of 50's surf/garage pop but with beautiful sonic textures, masterminded by Mr Cox. And FA's album of 2009 could well be another of Mr Cox's masterpieces.
Logos is a beautiful record. It is in essence a very simple, almost natural record, made of mostly acoustic instrumentation but with hauntingly beautiful vocals from Cox and especially Lætitia Sadier on "Quick Canal". "Walkabout" features Noah Lennox from Animal Collective and is a joyously upbeat pop song, that is perhaps my favourite song of the year, and showcases Cox's knack for penning bloody good pop songs. Logos is a testament to the brilliance of Mr Cox and is a fantastic progression from last years "Let the Blind...", which was a shuddering, bleak record, and on Logos Cox has honed this into something beautiful and cohesive.

Another slice of genius from Mr Cox that is well up there in my top albums of the 2000's, as it manages to mix simple instrumentation and evolving synthy textures into beautiful/heart-breaking pop songs. Simply stunning.

9.5/10- That is all.

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