The American Analog SetBest The American Analog Set Albums Ranked

Know By Heart

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8.0

“The American Analog Set make the kind of music that wraps around you like a home-knit sweater-- the sleeves may be a little irregular, but the elements can't get you. And on top of that, it's totally one of a kind, just like that sweater. Low, Seely, and the New Year played through a pillow are good points of reference for the American Analog Set, but over the course of four albums and a rarities ”

Promise of Love

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7.9

“Dear Chuck: saying toodles to one's first long-term boyfriend is difficult, but this letter marks the end of your tight psychological grip on me. Your worst egregious abuse of my sheltered palate was to make me sign that Purchase Obscure Really New Music Only Manifesto (or, PORNMOM). The declaration had its good points: I didn't mind offloading Tortoise's oeuvre, and I admit that I bought Dean War”

Updates - EP

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7.8

“On last year's *Know by Heart*, American Analog Set let the lease run out on their droning, 24-hour Farfisy and served up some of the most shyly confident quiet-rock since Yo La Tengo reached their wispy, whispery middle age. The album beckoned sweater weather as it sloped and cooed, sounding as though it had been recorded in the world's sexiest public library. Their new release, a remix EP whose ”

For Forever

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6.9

“The Austin band’s first album in 18 years puts an ever-so-slightly sharper edge on their familiar, slow-burning indie rock.”

Set Free

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6.8

“The doggedly consistent and singular American Analog Set offer another record of buzzy organs, neo-motorik drums played with brushes, breathy vocals, and Rhodes piano.”