I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One - 25th Anniversary Edition＜数量限定盤/Yellow Vinyl＞

ヨ・ラ・テンゴ97年の名盤が発売25周年を記念してカラー盤再発!!

ヨ・ラ・テンゴの豊潤なディスコグラフィの中でも常に1、2位の人気を争う97年の名盤『I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One』が発売25周年を記念してカラー盤再発!!
「鳥肌ものの傑作」(Rolling Stone)、「宇宙一のバンド」(Pitchfork)、「このアルバムは人々に音楽の聴き方を教えた」(Stereogum)などUSオルタナ史の決定盤として不動の人気を誇る本作は、今回のリイシューに合わせてボブ・オデンカークとデヴィッド・クロス出演のディレクターズ・カット版MVが公開されたオルタナ史に燦然と輝く永遠の名曲「Sugarcube」、そして新旧ファンの間で聴き継がれてきた「Autumn Sweater」を筆頭にリスナーによって様々な思いれがある人気曲を多数収録した作品。
今回ペイヴメント、スプーン、インターポールの名盤たちと合わせて〈Matador〉の再発シリーズ"Revisionist History"の2022年アイテムとして数量限定イエロー・ヴァイナルとしてリリースされる。

New Jersey indie rockers Yo La Tengo had already been slowly growing into their sound for over a decade by the 1997 release of their revelational eighth album, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One. Their guitar-based pop was steadily finding its legs before this, as the band moved toward increasingly dreamy productions on albums like Painful and Electr-O-Pura. The 16 tracks that made up the ambitious and epic I Can Hear the Heart found the group stretching out their whispery vocals and deceptively straightforward pop approach to encompass a variety of unexpected styles. This meant softly wandering guitars and steadfast drums twisted out of their indie rock trappings and morphed into adventurous Krautrock jams like "Spec Bebop," haunting, harmony-driven psych-folk like "We're an American Band," and even a playfully naive take on bossa nova with "Center of Gravity." As for the blissed-out melodic noise pop Yo La Tengo had been working on for the majority of their existence, this was one of the band's finest hours. Propulsive rockers like "Sugarcube" and a particularly feedback-laden reading of the Beach Boys' "Little Honda" offered Ira Kaplan a fantastic platform for his often dialed-down guitar playing to break into the manic territory he would explore in live settings. These more unhinged moments were counterpointed with hypnotic electronic grooves like "Autumn Sweater" and glowing instrumentals like the Santo & Johnny-channeling "Green Arrow." The album ends with its only other cover tune, a head-clearingly simple take on Anita Bryant's singsongy bubblegum tune "My Little Corner of the World." Sung by drummer Georgia Hubley in her most Moe Tucker-esque performance, the song gently sets the album back down to earth following the dizzying detours and shifts of the last hour. While the band turned in standout albums before and after, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One announced itself as a definitive master statement. The subtly shifting moods and wide, curious palette of stylistic exploration resulted in a lasting indie rock classic, essential listening and also something of a blueprint for much of what followed from like-minded bands for years to come. ~ Fred Thomas