#3 Atlas Sound Parallax
I love when experimental bands go pop. People call this selling out or dumbing down and I guess that can be the case sometimes but I think a lot it has to do with focus. Bradford Cox reigned in the key elements of his sound and made an album full of bona fide songs. After last year’s monster that was Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest, I was underwhelmed at first but it’s grown on me a lot. Atlas Sound meets Sun Records.