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7/30/2020

Their Only Years – Mystery Years (2015)



  • No wave 
  • Psychedelic 
  • Alternative rock 
  • Indie rock 
  • Outsider pop 
  • Art rock 
  • Singer-songwriter 
  • Bedroom pop 
  • Alternative dance 
  • DIY 
  • Space pop

A nice bunch of 13 compositions running in the vein of more poppy no wave tradition a la Talking Heads, and Jim Chance & The Contortions which more profoundly does mean catchy yet artsy dance rock patterns full of ecstasy and elegance. On the other side it reflects upon Ariel Pink's timeless spaced-out bedroom pop imbued with unknown reference points in time and space. Thirdly, one should listen to it as a whole because those stylistic differences juxtaposed to one another constitute an organic whole. It is certainly much bigger than one's miserable everyday's life. Art is bigger than life and separated from it.