The best album of 2006, finally released

Although it leaked back in February, TV on the Radio's second LP, Return to Cookie Mountain, was released in the USA on the 12th.

If you know me, I've been verbally fellating this album for months. It's a bit more accessible than their earlier stuff (although that's great too), but still takes a while to grow on you. Heck, I wasn't much into the band when I first heard 'Staring at the Sun' and now they're up there with Pinback and Radiohead as my favorite bands of all time.

And I'll say it for the 23892nd time: 'Wolf Like Me' is the best single of the last five years.

And although I hate to cite various music critics to back up my opinions, etc...

"The disc might be the most oddly beautiful, psychedlic and ambitious of the year...Consider your mind blown."
-Rolling Stone (4.5 out of 5 stars)

"The latest experiment from TV on the Radio goes horribly right."
-Entertainment Weekly (A-)
"A punk gospel uplift that's often profoundly moving. There's an old saying that agitators play music because they like the noise it makes. TV on the Radio play noise because they like the music it makes."
-Spin

"This album has such an incredible pull: It doesn't make an atmosphere so much as a space to spend time in, and Adebimpe doesn't become a narrator so much as a witness."
-Pitchfork (9.1 out of 10)

"Anyone who spouts the perennial music is dead argument need only look to TV on the Radio for proof otherwise. Give up now, guys, because it rarely gets better than this."
-URB

And my favorite:

"...what might just be the best reason we've had for hope--as far as interesting, arty, progressive, well-executed, and mind-fuckingly good music goes--since OK Computer was lodge deep in the throat of music-listeners."
-Filter (94%)

A couple of links and videos:

http://www.myspace.com/tvotr - Their myspace page (free place to hear 'Wolf Like Me')

The video for 'Wolf Like Me'


They were on Letterman last night. I missed it; thank all that is awesome for YouTube.


If it isn't your cup of tea after one listen, I implore you - listen to it again. And again. And again. Hey, it worked for me with their last album.