Nine Types of Light

AlbumJan 01 / 201110 songs, 43m 23s
Indie Rock Art Rock
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7.7 / 10

After their first break in years-- and moving their home base from Brooklyn to L.A.-- TVOTR return with their most patient, positive recording to date.

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“If the world falls apart / I’m gonna keep your heart,” TV On The Radio guitarist Kyp Malone sings on “Keep Your Heart,” the second track on the new Nine Types Of Light. It’s a fitting epigraph for the entire record. Though awash in paranoid apocalyptic imagery—fish washing ashore, nuclear winter—Nine Types Of Light,…

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I imagine, from a creative standpoint, the hardest part of being in TV On The Radio — a band adored due in large part to…

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With their fourth full-length album, TV on the Radio has updated the term “art rock” for the new decade while indirectly pressing for a reconsideration of what qualifies as pop.

Innovation comes with a healthy dose of pop history on TVOTR's terrific fifth LP, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>

Nine Types of Light is a strong, smart effort from a band that continues to push resolutely forward.

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Innovation comes with a healthy dose of pop history on TVOTR's terrific fifth LP, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>

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TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light review: While good enough to appease the appetite of most fans, something here is definitely missing

Languid, sun-kissed grooves in TV on the Radio's 'Nine Types of Light'. Rating: * * * *

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