Rilo Kiley’s newest Under the Blacklight has been the subject of some debate among the music blogosphere because of its slick, overproduced sound. Listening to it last night, the album seems unfocused and there are a couple of just plain bad songs.
For instance, I mentioned on DeadOn that “Dejalo” sounded like a bad Miami Sound Machine song and lo and behold, Joshua Klein’s review of the album on Pitchfork connects the same dots. (The P’fork review is one of their maddening types of reviews where at some points they seem to praise the artist for their intentions (in this case, going for the “pop” brass ring) but damn their execution. I guess my problem is the stupid number system they have. Try and read the review without looking at the “number rating” and try to guess what it will be. The tone of the review never seems to fit the number rating. In Klein’s review, the middle four paragraphs all appear to be positive, yet the album gets a 5.1. I get the feeling that if the album was the debut of some previously unknown band, it would have been something like a 7.5)
So here is “Dejalo.” Unfortunately, I have no Miami Sound Machine songs to compare it to, so, I dunno, go to a wedding or something and you’re bound to hear “Conga.”
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