New! Rilo! Kiley!

Rilo Kiley's streaming their new album, 'Under the Blacklight' in its entirety on MySpace, which kept me very entertained during my 10 hour work-day today. (Boo to the 10-hour day, not the new album.)

Some favorites:

• Silver Lining
• Close Call
• Title track- Under the Blacklight

Part of the album is infused with thumping, '80-ish beats, but crossed with '70-ish breathy back-up vocals. There's also a lot of synthesizing experimentation... but, luckily, there's a duet with Jenny and Blake on Dreamworld. So far...

so so.

I don't love the second half of the album. All of a sudden, the album isn't cohesive, there's a random Spanish flare and even a song called 'Dejalo-' the melody is almost exactly that of Madonna's 'La Isla Bonita.' Seriously.

Sorta broken-hearted about this.

Sorta.