The Walkmen

Artist- The Walkmen
Album- Lisbon
Label- Fat Posseum
Genre- Waltsy rock

The Walkmen have yet again put out another elegiac, stunning album on the level of genius that was 2008’s You & Me. The band knows just when to add the right touch of melancholy trumpet on a track (single “Stranded”) to give their signature waltz-y gloom to a song, a nuance that made songs like “Red Moon” off You & Me so fucking beautiful and haunting. “Blue as Your Blood” is carried by an interesting galloping percussion beat and the Walkmen’s traditional melancholy guitars. “Juveniles” The band is great at making simple guitar melodies super catchy . Hamilton Leithauser still sounds like a wailing Bob Dylan, but I’d rather listen to him over Dylan’s whine anyday. For many people the Walkmen is still that band that performed on The OC but get over it- definitely one of the most mature and intriguing bands out there today. It’s tough to find faults with this album (true perfection doesn’t exist, and You & Me is still a better album) but Lisbon comes pretty damn close.