does anything interesting ever happen in a yo la tengo song?

*writes boring ponderous songs about boring personal issues with sham religion for 20 goddamn years*

maria played one of their albums years ago and it kinda scarred me. i never wanted to hear them again. it was kinda creepy. that hushed upclose vocal thing on the album was too butterfly kisses for me. like you're too close dude just back away a little bit. for some reason low never bothered me when they did that. maybe cuz they sing better.

it's all in the church hymns

yo la tengo have a broader spectrum of sounds than that, scott. I agree that the deal you mention on e.g. "Autumn Sweater" can be a bit much. Low are awesome

actually, I meant "Our Way to Fall"

this may come down to different levels of spittle production

yeah, I just listened to some songs that I imagined weren't so close mic'd, and I was wrong. Even on "Cherry Chapstick" it's all whispery and close. I saw YLT live in Santa Barbara and it was a good show for me.