 Yo La Tengo Today Is The Day!
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Collecting outtakes from New Jersey's most-beloved indie rockers (above), this six-song EP is warm, tuneful, noisy and fuzzed-out in typical Yo La fashion, and the slapdash feel will remind fans of the band's early days. Highlight: a somber, slow-burning acoustic version of "Cherry Chapstick." CHRISTIAN HOARD (RS 934, October 30, 2003)
Released after the lukewarm response to the quiet Summer Sun, this2003 EP shows Yo La in fine, feedback-addled form. When the band locks into a cyclical drone, all three members are in their element -- try "Outsmartener" to hear what we mean. The quiet side comes in on their Bert Jansch Read More
cover, "Needle of Death," and on the mournful reworking of "Cherry Chapstick.
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