I had very very high hopes for this album. TV on the Radio's previous effort, 2006's "Return to Cookie Mountain" was (in my view) the best album released that year, and I approached "Dear Science" with bated breath; thankfully, my hopes were mostly fulfilled. It isn't quite as good as Cookie Mountain, but makes for a very interesting step forward; it's also a bit of a grower. Sitek has abandoned the "standing in the middle of a hurricane" approach to song production, for better or worse, and the sound of their third LP is brighter, more open, with greater variation in style and genre; Tunde's singing has improved as well. Apart from a couple missteps, the album is very consistent, and will certainly be in my top 10 for the year.

Style: Indie Rock

RIYL: Radiohead, The Arcade Fire

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2008  4AD  Dear Science  Indie Rock  Interscope  Radiohead  TV On The Radio  The Arcade Fire  playbynumbers 

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