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- Summary: The six-track EP includes one new song as well as covers of songs by The Byrds, The Delmore Brothers, Bob Dylan, The Flying Machine, and Ronnie Lane.
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- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop
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Nov 4, 2020Altogether, as with most of YLT’s covers over the years, Sleepless Night is a stellar selection of songs completed by a very talented trio. If it sounds like the group could record most of these covers in their sleep, that only shows how well the band has honed their tribute skills.
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Nov 4, 2020Nothing on Sleepless Night necessarily surprises, but nothing disappoints either. For a band with 15 studio albums (and counting), we unsurprisingly don’t discover anything new about them here, but this isn’t the point. We’re just glad to be in their company once again; this, one feels, will never change.
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Nov 4, 2020The selections are eclectic, the tone is subdued, and there’s not a squalling whammy bar in sight. Only the obligatory new original—a fuzzy and indistinct mood piece called “Bleeding”—feels a bit slight. As for the rest of this 19-minute release, there’s nothing here that particularly surprises or reveals a new side of Yo La Tengo, but there’s nothing that could conceivably disappoint a fan of the group’s jukebox side, either.
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Nov 4, 2020Sleepless Night is as warm and comforting as a cup of hot chocolate, and while it hardly seems like a major work (and it isn't), it's thoroughly enjoyable and a reminder that you can hardly do better than Yo La Tengo in making a playlist of treasured oldies.
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Nov 19, 2020As placeholders go, Sleepness Night is a pretty good one. If you're the sort of person who had your iPod on shuffle all the time, this is a gift. If you're not, be persistent. Patience is a virtue.