Kill the Moonlight

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  2002

  James

  On the heels of the career rejuvenating Girls Can Tell, Britt Daniels took another batch of his typically frantic pop songs and starved them until they were nothing more than skin and bones (and, on one occasion, beat-boxing). For a band that treats minimalism like its 5th member, Kill The Moonlight is their leanest and the meanest offering. The empty space in these songs is part of the rhythm. "The Way We Get By” bangs away on piano and nerve alone, “Small Stakes” turns restraint into swagger, and “Jonathan Fisk” sounds permanently coiled to explode. All of this makes Kill The Moonlight the band’s quintessential statement - a frayed-nerve romp through pop-rock perfection.

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  Desert Island 10 🏝️

  Jason Powers