#1/1000: The Walkmen "You & Me" (2008)

Wow, what an amazing piece of work. I was told to pick this up for so long and stupidly never heeded that advice until it was over 2 years old. The album is kept in the same familiar vein that only The Walkmen can flow through. The whole thing is kicked off hard with "Donde Esta La Playa" and keeps the same relentless energy, along with murky moments of reflection, all the way to the end. "On the Water" chugs on with beautiful underwater melodies floating in the background and finally ignites with percussion and puckered lips like you've only dreamed of. "In the New Year" is by far my favorite cut. Utterly beautiful organ-pounding, toe-curling lyrics/vocals, and the always-perfect percussion that almost gets taken for granted since it's always present. It shines through the brightest in "Four Provinces" but keeps tapping and crashing all the way through "You & Me." "Canadian Girl" is definitely my second favorite track; trumpets and bass lines rain down from the heavens onto what is an already amazing song. This fourth effort of The Walkmen is such a solid album and absolutely worthy of your time. Check it out and fall in love with it as I did.