CD & LP (Domino)
What a 2009 for these dudes. The post-??Post Pavillion?? aftermath has been kind to AC. “My Girls” was basically song of the year & people all over from Billy Bragg to Modeselektor have championed the deft balance of psychedelia, pop & weirdness that Panda Bear & co. seem to have mastered. Fall Be Kind is, well, nothing new at this point, but we don’t hear anyone complaining about that. It seems that people still can’t get enough of tunes like “What Would I Want? Sky”, another soaring, anthemesque Beach Boyish workout.

Can they do no wrong?

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