Fragrant World by Yeasayer

Fragrant World, Yeasayer's third album, arrived on Secretly Canadian in August 2012 as the Brooklyn band's follow-up to Odd Blood. Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder had made their name on psychedelic pop with an experimental twitch, Keating and Wilder trading lead vocals, and here they push further into the murk: grooves that lurch instead of bounce, synths that gleam and then curdle, and voices floating over it all as if they're not sure the floor will hold.

"Henrietta" was the track that made it to the countdowns. Critics mostly came around; Metacritic's tally of 44 reviews landed at 71, in "generally favorable" territory. Amen & Goodbye came next, and the band called it quits at the end of 2019.

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