Tallahassee

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  2002

  James

  John Darnielle turns the collapse of a marriage into something expansive and darkly funny. “No Children” gets remembered for its bitter singalong chorus, but songs like “Oceanographer’s Choice” and “Game Shows Touch Our Lives” are what give the album its depth — vivid little studies in resentment, dependency, and mutual self-destruction. The shift to fuller studio production lets the stories breathe without sanding away Darnielle’s intensity. What makes the record endure is how specific the characters feel; by the end, the “Alpha Couple” seem less like fictional creations than people you’ve unfortunately met.

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