:: ... AND CALL::Aside from its liner notes' likeness to my Trapper Keeper in third grade (both involve graph-papery grids with superimposed geometric shapes; the liner notes also feature repositionable stickers to DIY the CD cover), I don't have too much to say about Beck's new album
The Information.
Basically, here's the scoop: If all the songs on
Guero and
Sea Change slept together, the tracks on this album would be their offspring.
("Strange Apparition" is totally "Black Tambourine"'s kid; "Dark Star" comes was fathered by "Lonesome Tears.")