Clutching Stems is The Ladybug Transistor’s first album since drummer San Fadyl died in 2007, and though it’s often a mistake to assume that what’s happening in musicians’ personal lives is reflected in their music, it’s impossible to ignore the deep feelings of loss permeating it. It’s right there in the title track, which opens the record with Gary Olson’s usual catchy hybrid of early-’80s new wave and late-’60s sunshine-pop, but with a heightened sense of melancholy as Olson sings about how “it’s all coming apart” and how he’s been ...
- 6/14/2011
- avclub.com
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