Traditional Techniques LP fg_Vinyl Color_Translucent Pink Throw in some massive breakdowns

Throw in some massive breakdowns that would make Bury You Dead green with envy and you have a vicious and catchy record

Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack—the band’s two halves—described these songs as “not emblematic of a step forward

V and Jung Kook

The fictional gang is loosely based on the Peaky Blinders

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Traditional Techniques LP fg_Vinyl Color_Translucent Pink Throw in some massive breakdownsMalkmus breaks out his 12 string acoustic guitar and touches on half a century of folk rock reference points on his new album. Of course, this is Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and those great records with the Jicks, so this might be rootsy but it's also fresh, unpredictable, infectious and imaginative: "ACC Kirtan," "Xian Man," "The Greatest Own in Legal History," "Cash Up" and more tracks made with Matt Sweeney, Spooner Oldham and the Decembrists'