Class Clown Spots A UFO

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  2012

  James

  The album sounds gloriously overstuffed, as though Robert Pollard is back to working on pure creative momentum. Hooks appear for ninety seconds and vanish, strange lyrical fragments collide with power-pop choruses, and lo-fi weirdness constantly interrupts moments of genuine beauty. Beneath the chaos, songs like “Keep It in Motion” and “Class Clown Spots a UFO” reveal a band that still understands how transcendent a great guitar melody can feel. As always, the band’s charm comes from its refusal to separate inspiration from mess—everything gets thrown into the mix, and somehow that abundance becomes its own kind of emotional truth.