The Impossible Shapes - We Like It Wild

Bloomington, IN, psychedelic songsmiths The Impossible Shapes play sweet, angular pop music that revels in post British Invasion squalor. Like Secretly Canadian labelmates The Danielson Famile, the group has a knack for deconstructing melodies and bending notes to its will, making repeated listening fresh and rewarding. Their fourth album, We Like It Wild, is a smorgasbord of complex arrangements and record collector know how. The sparse opener, "Give Me a Note," features a spooky call back to the phrase, "Build your house/Oh burn your house," and the funky pop confection "She Let Me Run," with its gritty guitar assault, sounds like a lost Ziggy-era David Bowie recording. Read More