Hang

More goodies from a band that understands that music can be a truly wonderful pleasurable thing. Below is a track by track mini synopsis.1-"Follow The leader"--Has a 70's AM radio feel. Soulful sunshine. Sounds like a hit from the back of beyond.2-"Avalon"-Sounds like "Puttin' on the Ritz" colliding with ABBA . Cleverly done.3-Mrs. Adams" Imagine Elton John, Elvis Costello and David Bowie in a mixer and it will give you an idea of how this song works4-"America" A friend of mine asked me if this was Jim Morrison singing a Christmas song. Ha. Well throw in 20's alcoholic fueled jazz, cinematic strokes that recall Disney and dissonant classical music, a gorgeous piano motif and you have yourself a shape shifting over the clouds type of vibe.5-"On Lankershim"- It starts out with a hint of "Tiny Dancer" piano then quickly turns into a perfectly cut diamond early Springsteen classic.6-" Upon A Hill"- Reminds me of Jacques Brel which is a good thing!!7-"Trauma"- A soulful strut through Jagger land.8-"Rise Up"- Can you say a perfectly written and executed pop song without sounding over the top? The answer is yes. It seems like Harry Nilsson and Bruce Springsteen wrote this together.So there you have it another winner from Foxygen. The orchestral touches tastefully frame the music in an understated way and the retro feel works as a homage with a modern feel.If you are looking for pop music that is fun and engaging listen up! If you want dirge like modern pop laced with self importance, well there is plenty of that stuff around. Me I like the good stuff and this stuff ranks.

Though I would never go so far as to compare Foxygen to The Beatles, there's certainly something Beatles-esque about Hang. While their brilliant debut record was a cheek-smack of fuzzed out psychedelia, Hang is a colorful, cartoonish acid trip that vibrates with silly energy and transmutes genres as if the band is running through a hall of mirrors. It's highly-produced, but deliberately so. It's almost Disney-like in its wild playfulness--blindingly bright, soaringly ambitious, and endlessly theatrical. One can hear "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" fitting right in here.Each of the eight songs on Hang is a contender for the album's pinnacle. "Follow the Leader" sounds more like Foxygen's output up to now--a soulful 60's-inspired rock song complete with backup singers peppered in with a call-and-response chorus. But as soon as "Avalon" begins, you can hear something very different going on. The vaudevillian piano tinkling that gives way to what might soundtrack a circus performance is irresistibly bombastic. The two final tracks on the album, "Trauma" and "Rise Up," are arguably the the biggest spectacles, with "Trauma" swelling to an unexpected orchestral climax and "Rise Up" undulating between big and small moments throughout an exultant fireworks show of Motown-tinged arena rock. It's cirque du soleil for rascals and rogues.Hang is a truly spectacular album. It's bizarre and ostentatious and filled to the brim with hippie spirit. Here Foxygen separates themselves from their psych-rock bretheren like Unknown Mortal Orchestra and head down the path of a slightly more controlled Of Montreal, shimmering with kaleidoscopic wonder. Pick this up if you're looking for a party of a record.

I love this album!It was everything I expected it to be from the reviews I had read.David Bowie meets Rolling Stones!

Great album.One of the best bands creating music today.Perfect tunes for most any occation.

Great vocals , and lots of interesting music . Mrs adams is a standout track for me .

You either like Foxygen or you don't. I am not a music critic, so am not going to give you my opinion on the music. This record is pressed well/centered and tracks well. It sounds great and was mastered well.

Very interesting.

Recommended by my son-in-law but they didn't strike me. An "eclectic" taste.