The Evens – The Odds (LP)
One fascinating thing about MacKaye is that, for someone with a reputation as a world-class control freak, he's always been extraordinarily good at collaboration. Now he's half of a two-person partnership, in music as well as life, and drummer/singer Farina continues to be as much of a presence in their third album's songs as he is. They trade off lines, interject harmonies or commentary, rarely sing alone for more than a few seconds. (Her lyrics tend to be abstract and impressionistic, his concrete and argumentative.) Farina is a very precise but unusual drummer-- in the Evens, as with her earlier tenure backing up Lois Maffeo, she tends to play really hard in half-time, or to deliberately avoid the downbeat. So a lot of the beatkeeping role in this band belongs to MacKaye's baritone guitar; he'll often strum at twice Farina's tempo, or hold down a pulse on a single note while she plays around him.
Label: Dischord Records
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 2012
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Price: SGD 33
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