"At another point in Lisztomania, Roger Daltrey’s entire body is sucked into a devilish princess’ underthings. (Seriously.) Before that happens, though, the cigar-chomping heiress quotes Oscar Wilde while explaining her unladylike smoking habit, “It’s the perfect form of pleasure, it’s exquisite and leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one ask?” Phoenix seem to understand this line of thinking— and not just because they look like a group of guys who know their Gauloises. They’re pleasure-pushers, filling tunes with riffs, phrases, and beats a five-year-old could love. But, on Wolfgang, those same songs are unfulfilled— and this band wouldn’t have it any other way. There’s beauty in a sunset. Phoenix are wringing it out."
— Ryan Dombal’s (8.0, Best New Music) review of the new Phoenix album for Pitchfork is a spot-on, perfect read of the album that’s also fairly entertaining. Check it out.
