Summer Sun

Yo La Tengo: Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew.Additional personnel includes: Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen (flute, alto & tenor saxophones); Roy Campbell, Jr. (trumpet); William Parker (upright bass).Recorded at Alex The Great Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.Building on the lush, complex sound established on I CAN HEAR THE HEART BEATING AS ONE and continued on 2000's AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE-OUT, Hoboken's favorite trio wades in still deeper on 2003's SUMMER SUN. With vocalist/guitarist Ira Kaplan affecting a whispered croon and his drummer wife Georgia Hubley wielding brushes, this outing goes from the vibraphone jauntiness of "Moonrock Mambo" to the swirling, 10-minute "Let's Be Still" featuring contributions from downtown jazzbos William Parker and Roy Campbell Jr. Like a musical narcotic, songs like "How to Make a Baby Elephant Float" and "Tiny Birds" bob along in a current of humming keyboards and the underpinning of James McNew's understated bass playing. Brea