Racking up the track counts on my LastFM page the last few weeks has been Blonde Redhead’s 7th full length album 23. This latest endeavor is their most melodic and accessible album to date, having completely dropped the clanging guitars and digressions into discordant textures of sounds reminiscent of Sonic Youth, focusing instead on weaving rich, warm and complex layers of sound that is pure opulence. Presenting lush guitar riffs, ghostly vocals that hover over a catchy melody and constructing layers of multi-faceted sounds that sparkle like a rough-cut diamond, they have produced a dreamy soundscape, that leaves one wanting to gaze not at their shoes, but up at a magical starry night sky and float away on a vapor trail.

We’re half way into the year, and this is the first album I can say with certainty will be making my Top 10 Album Releases of 2007 List.

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