Menomena – Friend And Foe

Maybe this album was too popular for their artists. Part of that maximalist pop attitude that verged on electronica like Grizzly Bear or Yeasayer (all related to a vibe that Animal Collective dominated), Menomena got here an end-of-the-world mood that makes all the songs sound fragile and unstable, while never stopping being pretty and catchy. There are many moments here that I thought "this is where 90s trip hop should have evolved to".

Of all the dubby horn heavy songs, my favourite is the fantastic one-two of Boyscout'n and Evil Bee, all songs sang by the whole audience during their lives (where they always got a bit lost in the rhythm pace but hey)

Pretty sweet record for only $14. Mine sounds really nice other than some surface noise on side B, but I also bought it used so YMMV. This is one of my favorite indie records since it came out, so it was an easy buy for me. Especially for the price.

I can't figure out if my copy is 2007 or 2010...can anyone help point out differences in the pressing?

A perfect album with ingenious songs and brilliant artwork. Should be part of every collection.

If anyone is interested in parting out their cocktail recipe card contact me.

Probably my favorite VMP press so far, and I had never even heard of this album or artist. Superb sound, probably the coolest jacket in my whole collection, and a surprisingly great album musically.

Cool packaging, nice pressing, meh music.

great vmp release, hadn't heard much of this band but glad I am now. extremely pleasant surprise to find that the intro piano from "wet and rusting" is the running sample to "there he go" by schoolboy q

This pressing sounds nice and the artwork reproduction is appreciated. You could look at the art for hours and still notice something new. It's a really solid release of a great album. The art print here is cool, the cocktail thing isn't my cup of tea but it's whatever. Take it.

as it already said: cover is ART. no doubt.