Army Navy



Army Navy
The Last Place
The Fever Zone


 ADDS 8/2/11
 DIGITAL ONLY
"The second album from this jangle-drunk Los Angeles quartet is pure pop for now people: Underneath Last Place's aerial guitar riffs and chipper choruses lies an astutely observed, acutely wrenching breakup narrative. Frontman Justin Kennedy cycles through the stages of grief, from bitterness (the deceptively upbeat piano plink of "Ode to Janice Melt") to shrugging acceptance (the aptly titled "Pastoral"), emphasizing sharp hooks and partisan reportage over woe-is-me solipsism. A feel-bad record you can actually feel good about." - SPIN *8/10* 
"When it started going around that lovelorn L.A. indie popsters Army Navy's sophomore set, The Last Place, would be a song cycle about a relationship gone awry, a writer friend made an excellent point: The funniest thing about a power-pop concept album about being torn apart by love is that every power-pop album is a concept album about being torn apart by love. But while Army Navy's dissection of those post-relationship stages of grief over chiming guitars might seem old hat to fans of the genre, here familiarity mostly works in their favor.  As on their self-titled debut, Army Navy's jangly chords, insistent rhythms, and lyrical treatises on love cop copiously from the heroes of the form: Teenage Fanclub, the Posies, and Big Star, with even a little Superchunkian heft on the burlier numbers. But, as our Jayson Greene pointed out in his review of the band's self-titled debut, "being a well-studied song encyclopedia is half the point" of pure power pop like Army Navy's. While many close readings of the heartbroken past ring out on The Last Place, they're never so studious as to be dull. The playing's always spirited, producer Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo, Helium) lends the disc a warm, ingratiating sound, and the songs are both taut and well-considered in their arrangements. The Last Place is punchy and stately alike; the hooks aren't necessarily the skull-sticking kind on first pass, but they're easy enough on the ears to keep you listening, and crafty enough to burrow their way in after prolonged exposure." - Pitchfork *7/10* 


RIYL: Teenage Fanclub, Vampire Weekend, Spinto Band

TRY: #2, 3, 1, 8


  Ode to Janice Melt by Army Navy 
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