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   Ahhh this album rules! Lots of songs are collaborations with Neko Case!

   "The drums hit you in the chest first, spraying your speakers like swift
   gunshots. But htem Meric Long's finger-picked chords kick in, cascading
   across Logan Kroeber's brass knuckle beats like only the best Dodos song can.

   This forward motion feeling has driven the duo since 2005, but several key
   changes lift their fourth LP (No Color) to another level. For one thing, the
   band reunited with Portland producer John Askew, the man behind he boards o
   the Dodos' first two full lengths, Beware of the Manics and Visiter. Having
   an old friend along was like adding an honorary third member; a voice of
   reason who isn't afraid of vetoing ill-fated ideas. Ideas like glossy layers
   of vibraphone that lost their luster halfway through.

   The main focus of No Color was to bottle the frenzied folk approach that s
   been there since the beginning. And it works damn well, from the
   dagger-drawing dynamics and brain-burrowing choruses of Black Nigh to the
   hairpin turns and splashy percussion of Good. And then there are the songs
   that make you want to dub old episodes of 120 Minutes, including the
   instrumental break of Don t Stop and the sneak attack solo that weaves its
   way around the steely rhythms of Don't Try and Hide It.

   'We're more naked this way,' explains Long. 'You can hide a lot of your
   mistakes on an acoustic, but with an electric, every single note is much
   louder and more piercing. So I have to be way more on top of my playing now.'
   And so do we. "

- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -

  01. Black Night                                                       ( 4:22)
  02. Going Under (With Neko Case)                                      ( 6:03)
  03. Good (With Neko Case)                                             ( 6:10)
  04. Sleep (With Neko Case)                                            ( 3:11)
  05. Don't Try and Hide It (With Neko Case)                            ( 3:45)
  06. When Will You Go                                                  ( 4:36)
  07. Hunting Season                                                    ( 4:45)
  08. Companion (With Neko Case)                                        ( 4:44)
  09. Don't Stop                                                        ( 4:21)