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These United States
Also Playing: Or, The Whale and Total Babe
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Sun Oct 4
8 pm
These United States, Or, The Whale, and Total Babe at 7th Street Entry
Bubbly yet moody, D.C.’s These United States employ lackadaisical electronics and lead-knuckled strums on Crimes, their 2008 sophomore full-length. Their third album, Everything Touches Everything, doesn't make them any easier to pin down: They're a little bit rock, a little bit psychedelic, and while they can be deadly serious, their sound is often playful. There’s a hint of early Beck to the band’s hazy drift, not to mention its mumbled, trembling vocals and scattershot arrangements—including diffidently tickled keyboards and asthmatic horns. It’s a lazy kind of genius for sure, but it’s clear that These United States have only started an artistic arc that just might take them to bigger places.
7th Street Entry 701 1st Ave. N., Twin Cities, MN
Bubbly yet moody, D.C.’s These United States employ lackadaisical electronics and lead-knuckled strums on Crimes, their 2008 sophomore full-length. Their third album, Everything Touches Everything, doesn't make them any easier to pin down: They're a little bit rock, a little bit psychedelic, and while they can be deadly serious, their sound is often playful. There’s a hint of early Beck to the band’s hazy drift, not to mention its mumbled, trembling vocals and scattershot arrangements—including diffidently tickled keyboards and asthmatic horns. It’s a lazy kind of genius for sure, but it’s clear that These United States have only started an artistic arc that just might take them to bigger places.
Updated 07/20/2011
