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“For their second record for Thrill Jockey, Air Museum, the two set out with a new set of parameters in mind. For the first time, they ditched the computer, instead processing their instruments—from acoustic and electric guitar to accordion, piano, bass, etc.—through pedals, modular synths and other analogue gear. Where the band has always emphasized live improvisation, Air Museum was recorded almost exclusively in studios in Brooklyn and Philadelphia over last year and early 2011 (barring "Live at the Triple Door,” culled from a Decibel Performance in 2009). Gone, for the most part, are the pastoral guitar touches of their early work; in their stead are graceful Schulzian moonwalks.

The result is perhaps the duo’s simplest and most sonically spiritual album to date.Resident Advisor

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