Myth Takes

Release date
5 Mar 2007
Running length
10 tracks
Running time
48:19

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Myth Takes 2:24 103,975
2 All My Heroes Are Weirdos 3:04 97,353
3 Must Be The Moon 5:56 106,438
4 A New Name 4:55 81,972
5 Heart of Hearts 6:03 105,618
5 Sweet Life 3:47 75,975
6 Yadnus 5:13 82,995
7 Bend Over Beethoven 8:07 70,588
8 Break in Case of Anything 3:40 68,496
9 Infinifold 5:10 65,782

About this album

Of all the dance-punk revivalists, !!! has been the most consistently interesting and challenging, not to mention the group most likely to fill the dancefloor on indie rock night. While their previous album, the political and righteous Louden Up Now, was good enough to vault them to the level of the bands that inspired them (Gang of Four, the Pop Group, Liquid Liquid), Myth Takes firmly establishes them there. It’s a different fire that burns here for !!!, mostly setting aside political concerns for fiery dancefloor rave-ups. The band sounds inspired, like they are plugged directly into a wall socket. The first three tracks are like opening a door and being blasted backward by a wall of flame and heat. Nic Offer’s vocal chants, asides, and strung-together proclamations are more frantic than ever, and when he turns it down a notch, he sounds nearly sexy (as on “Must Be the Moon,” a desperate story of sex and lust in the city). He has to be a live wire of energy to keep up with the band, which burns brightly and plays like they have something to prove from beginning to end. This is especially true of Justin van der Volgen, whose bass work underpins the freewheeling walls of chik-ing guitars with a fluid and funky bottom. His production is a masterwork, balancing and blending a kaleidoscope of guitars, drums, percussion, keys, and vocals.
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