Oracular Spectacular, this Nutmegger-come-Brooklyn duo's 2008 debut, was one of those "meteor" records, the type that seem to fall out of the sky and everyone wants to run and see it.
They were nowhere and then they were everywhere in a flash, riding "Time to Pretend," "Electric Feel" and especially "Kids" to prominence — even Paul McCartney wanted to party with the "kids."
For their second effort, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden decided to produce themselves. No word on where they came up with the silly cover design.
The record is the group's second for Sony.
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