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Marshall Yarbrough

  • Rumpus Sound Takes: In the Lap of Victory

    Touring on the reissue, and building on the success of Kaputt, Daniel Bejar has the chance to give Destroyer’s Rubies the victory lap it deserves. Each song is anthemic, and the audience knows every word, taking particular joy in repeating…

  • Rumpus Sound Takes: Post Taste

    oOoOO Our Loving Is Hurting Us EP (Tri Angle) Pop music rewards prejudice. Discerning listeners operate under the assumption that certain sounds, production tricks, etc., are off-limits, and in so doing spare themselves a lot of schlock.

  • Rumpus Sound Takes: In Our Rooms

    Atlas Sound Parallax (4AD) I am not particularly attuned to my cultural moment when I listen to Bradford Cox’s music.