Superb pop craftsmen with a hyperactive sense of caprice, John Linnell and John Flansburgh channel surreal ideas into a catchy deluge of fun. Apollo 18, the Brooklyn duo's fourth album (not counting a rarities compilation), orbits a planet on which such topics as death, culture, identity and dining can all be dispatched with melodic intelligence and a clever phrase or three. Careful not to burden airy tunes with ponderous lyrics, the Giants inflate weighty topics with enough whimsy to mask their songs' unsmiling core. Without disguising the Giants' signature sound, the album switches genres with the dial-a-style eclecticism of a jukebox.Tracklist:
1. Put Your Hand On The Computer
2. I'm Your Boyfriend Now
3. Why Did You Grow A Beard
4. We Live In A Dump
5. Brain Problem Situation
6. Sketchy Galore
7. Microphone
8. Vestibule
9. Greasy Kid Stuff
10. Metal Detector (live)
11. Employee Of The Month
12. Homunculus
13. No Plan B (live)
14. Morgan In The Morning ID
15. Kendra McCormick
16. Yeah, The Deranged Millionaire
17. My Other Phone Is A Boom Car
18. I Hear A New World
19. (She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future
20. Haunted Floatin Eye
21. Scott Bower
22. The Mexican Drill
23. Cast Your Pod Into The Wind
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