I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

AlbumSep 11 / 200616 songs, 1h 20m 59s
Indie Rock
Popular Highly Rated
8.3 / 10

Indie rock vets follow the disappointing Summer Sun with an expansive, ambitious record exploring every style in their repertoire, and a few new ones, too.

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The standard knock against Yo La Tengo's last album, 2003's Summer Sun, was that it sounded like one long, quiet, pleasant song stretched to album-length. (Even people who liked Summer Sun had to admit there was some truth to that accusation.) No one will say the same of I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass,…

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The album often feels like a retread of I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One.

9 / 10

Yo La Tengo have been around for over 20 years now, and, as you might imagine, their sound has morphed along the way.

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