OK Go and give Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky a whirl. The album is a mixed bag of supposed beguiling popiness, but there are a few interlopers. The mid-section tracks manage to stick to the same vein the four piece is known for, Prince-Queen-influenced catchy pop. The extremities, on the other hand, border folk rock and just as the first track’s sobriquet… WTF? The vaudeville of songs though confusing is quite fitting for a band known for their glam theatrics and Oscar Wilde inspired fashion. And the drop from high-pitch to folk drone flaunts Damian Kulash’s versatility as lead singer. The frontman warbles his way through an album of suffocating love, probing confessionals, and simple truths. So yeah, it might be all over the place from the fuzz guitars of the opening track to the faucet dripping slumber of While You Were Asleep, but All Is Not Lost. There is still room for dancing, and at the tubs Dan Konopka finds a way to get the beat going. Just chalk up all the rest to chill ambiance tunes. If you prefer an intense cover to cover dancing anthem, OK Go might disappoint you, but for those of us who sometimes prefer the unfussy approach of a man accompanied by his acoustic guitar, we might just identify with the sad tinge of the love song Last Leaf. In a way, it was a necessary contrast to some of the overproduced tracks on this album. After all, life isn’t a non-stop disco spin, but dancing certainly helps to drown the sorrows, to forget, and to “Let it go.”
Key Tracks: End Love, Last Leaf, Back From Kathmandu, Before The Earth Was Round
Moods: Spacey, Dramatic, Nocturnal, Quirky
Buy: Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
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