“On their liveliest album in at least a decade, indie rock’s most steadfast institution squares up against ubiquitous darkness.”
“After a quarter of a century in which Yo La Tengo’s songs have gradually been shedding their more avant garde trappings for gentler, increasingly meditative ruminations (most notably on 2018’s There’s a Riot Going On), This Stupid World feels like quite the handbrake turn. While their 16th album proper still sounds as warm as ever, they have regained their edge of unpredictability, with Ira Kaplan”
“This Stupid World cements Yo La Tengo's position as legends of indie rock”
“Their indie-rock idyll feels threatened, and it gives their always-excellent songwriting more urgency”
“Yo La Tengo have always housed multitudes. They sound as confident with guitars turned up to tinnitus-inducing levels as they do singing after-hours ballads in tones softened so as not to wake the neighbours. Following on from the delicate brooding of previous record There’s A Riot Goin’ On, this latest set immediately marks itself as rougher, angrier and louder. Eschewing the restraint that has ”
“The indie rock legends spin their wheels in the mud a bit.”
