Consumer Guide Album

Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out [Matador, 2000]
The main problem with this background tour de force is that you understand not just how good it is but how pretty it is only when you listen up. The whispered guitar and pattering drum patterns, the unattainable sounds, the details of a modest love for the ages--all mean what they mean in part because they're so quiet. Yet if you don't get it, all I can advise is: Play Loud. B+