I listened to Foxygen's new album ...And Star Power and veen, I have to say that I wasn't immediately that in to it. I was able to listen to the full album uninterrupted and it never grabbed hold of me, that said it never repelled me either. However, I have started listening again and I'm now beginning to feel it. Their last album was immediately a favorite of mine. The songs on it felt familiar, like old friends I was rediscovering. I don't have this on their new one at all.

I gather that they see it as a concept album and I have just read that their premise was that the album transitions midway through to a band called "Star Power" playing instead of Foxygen. A very Sgt Pepper idea, but Pepper had songs. There are definitely some tracks on here that I enjoyed but nothing like their previous offering. I will give this some more listens in hopes that I continue to discover nuance etc, something that actually seems likely given my second listen. Some of my favorite albums have grown on me over time, my hope is that this is the case with ...And Star Power because I do dig this band.

What do you think?