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un pirmais gaidītais albums no 2011 ir "iegūts" mazliet priekšlaicīgi.

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Described by songwriter Stephin Merritt as "my folk album", the instrumentation of Realism is largely acoustic, stark in contrast to the band's previous album, Distortion, released in 2008. Merritt said he "thought of the two records as a pair" and considered titling the albums True and False; ultimately, he couldn't decide which title would correspond with which album. The song "The Dada Polka" is the only track to utilize an electric guitar. Merritt also avoided using a traditional drum kit, further separating the sound of Realism from the noise pop of Distortion. Along with Distortion and the 2004 album i, Realism was also recorded without the use of synthesizers, completing the band's "no-synth trilogy".

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Kāds varbūt palaidis garām šo bezgalīgi sirsnīgo, tieši tikpat skumjo albumu no viena brazīļu puikas Yoñlu. Plate ar pilno nosaukumu A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre pilnā mērā ir kādas viņsaules dvēseles veltījums šīnī saulē palikušajiem.

Būdams tikko 17 gadus vecs, Yoñlu (īstajā vārdā Vinicius Gageiro Marques) labprātīgi aizgāja no dzīves. Pēc puiša nāves vecāki datorā uzgāja dziesmu demoversijas, kas masterētā formā atrodamas arī albumā. Kopā sakausētais eksperimentālais folks, bītliskas popdziesmas, skumjas balādes portugāliski, hiphops & Lo-Fi elektronika, brīnumainā veidā rada pat ļoti vienotu & oriģinālu skanējumu.