Yo La Tengo - Old Joy - LP - Mississippi Records the record swims gracefully between

the record swims gracefully between heart-rending

and Lord Finesse

even though it's often cited as the cornerstone album in one of the most impressive death metal discographies of all time

a semi-concept album about youthful rites of passage

Yo La Tengo - Old Joy - LP - Mississippi Records the record swims gracefully betweenFor the first time on vinyl, Yo La Tengo's understated, lonesome score to Kelly Reichardt's classic "Old Joy." The six instrumental tracks, created in collaboration with legendary guitarist Smokey Hormel, carry that unmistakable YLT sound but delivered in service of another great work of art. The music, like so much of Reichardt's film work, is low key yet arresting, stripped down to the essentials, warm and unpretentious. The record includes two