Dear Science - TV On The Radio (2008)
Vacation time: I’m on a family road trip, so I’m leveraging my large backlog of un-Substacked blog posts. This one was originally posted Apr 21, 2025. It’s been edited for clarity, spelling, and whether I still feel that way. Go to the original to find lots more music posts and better linking between them.
There’s no radical departure album in TVOTR’s catalog. IMO, they each just keep getting better along the same lines.
Here we get a bit more nuance, sonically and vocally. What it gives up in attack it makes up for with a more effective through-line of production, horn charts, and backing vocals.
Tracks I Liked
Halfway Home - similar to what came before but quickly gets into the new, more subtle dynamic
Dancing Choose - hyper-upbeat and busy, but sitll poignant
Red Dress - straight-ahead rocker
RIYL
I have written about all of TVOTR’s records. Click on to read about the previous, Return To Cookie Mountain or the next, Nine Types Of Light
