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Phosphorescent “Around the Horn”

I have never heard a song that approximates a Neu! “Hallogallo” beat that I have not liked. As far as I a am concerned, there’s just no way to fuck up that krautrock metronomic groove. “Around the Horn” doesn’t even go full Neu! – the pulse is there, but Matthew Houck pushes it in an Americana direction, like Southern rock reconfigured for the Autobahn. The back half of this song is magical, and makes me wonder why no one had ever thought to crossbreed The Band with Kraftwerk. It works surprisingly well, and seems to speed towards an endless horizon while Houck’s vocal seems focused on emotions long gone in the rearview mirror.

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