Album Review: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Let It Sway
Hailing from Springfield, Missouri, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have been together in one form or another since 2002. Since then they have released to albums, both of which received critical acclaim from the likes of Spin and Pitchfork. After hearing ‘Let It Sway’, the third album from the American foursome, I’d be fairly confident of a similar reception.
Uncomplicated but not dumb, ‘Let It Sway’ is fairly straight forward power pop. With 12 energetic and bouncy tracks you can’t help but want to bop around when you hear it, which when you’re sitting on a bus can prove problematic! It’s a thoroughly enjoyable album from start to finish, if you forced me to choose my favourite tracks they would be ‘All Hail Dracula!’ and ‘Evelyn’ but to be honest I like ‘em all. Coming in at a lean 40 minutes it’s short and punchy, which is quite a rarity these days but all the better for it. Great stuff!
4/5
Out on 16th August on Polyvinyl Records
http://www.myspace.com/boris
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Actually, I think the album lacks something: maybe the hidden sophistication and earnestness of ‘Pershing’, their second album. A few of these sound like they are just trying to write generic songs, rather than SSLYBY songs.
Interesting, this is the first album of theirs I’ve heard so I had nothing to compare it against – I’ll get hold of a copy of Pershing and have a listen.