Luyas, The / Too Beautiful To Work
Album: Too Beautiful To Work   Collection:General
Artist:Luyas, The   Added:Mar 2011
Label:Dead Oceans  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-05-14 Pull Date: 2011-07-16
Week Ending: Jul 17 Jul 3 Jun 26 Jun 19 Jun 12 Jun 5 May 29 May 22
Airplays: 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 04, 2022: Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011)
Canary
4. Jul 12, 2011: feelin' the music
Cold Canda
2. Jun 26, 2021: Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011)
Canary
5. Jun 29, 2011: Not That Simple
Too Beautiful To Work
3. Jul 13, 2011: Not That Simple
What Mercy Is
6. Jun 25, 2011: There and Back Again
Cold Canda

Album Review
Kyle Vandenberg
Reviewed 2011-05-21
Cloyingly sweet synth-pop, with crooning, barely intelligible female vocals, sometimes with darker/rawer (rawr?) instrumentals. Pretty similar to Au Revoir Simone, but less straightforward with the instrumentals. FCC clean. Try 1, 5, 7, 8
1) Very light, bubbly, and frenetic, until the ending puts a darker spin on the melody. 2) A flurry of sound, with drums, heaps of chimes, and swiftly strummed guitar. 3) Calm vocals, echo-y and chaotic instrumentals. 4) Glockenspiel with foreboding guitars. I can’t fit a mood to this one. 5) Instrumentals take a backseat to vocals in the first and third parts; trombone solo in the middle. Mysterious and intriguing!
6) Distinctive, distant-sounding beat, and low audio quality vocals. Slightly exotic sound. 7) Satisfying, full-sounding harmonies in the chorus, outer space-like on the verses. 8) Short and sweet. Sky-high vocals with guitar, whistles, light trombone. 9) Like a musical afterthought; soft instrumentals and light vocals. 10) Light shaker percussion, cool (as in temperature) keyboard.
Kyle Vandenberg

Track Listing
1. Too Beautiful To Work   6. Spherical Mattress
2. Worth Mentioning   7. Cold Canda
3. Tiny Head   8. What Mercy Is
4. Moodslayer   9. I Need Mirrors
5. Canary   10. Seeing Things