Upright Behavior

Sound DNA

• Alt/Indie
• Indie Rock

• layered
• whimsical
• art school

About

Landlady began in 2011 as a solo project for Adam Schatz, who kept himself busy elsewhere as a member of Father Figures and Man Man, a saxophonist for Sleigh Bells and Vampire Weekend, and the man who founded the Search & Restore music database website. Schatz’s eclectic tastes, not surprisingly, reveal a man of quirky musical choices, and the zig-zagging he does throughout the second Landlady album, <i>Upright Behavior</i>, is enough to get all but the most devoted Dirty Projectors fans dizzy. Those who thrive on this level of confusion and juxtaposition will surely love solving the puzzles that exist on the title track and elsewhere. There are showy R&B moves tucked inside masterful vocal harmonies and arrangements that <i>are</i> smoother than anything Captain Beefheart ever concocted. But whether you connect with “Dying Day,” “The Globe,” and “Maria” might be determined by how much you enjoy a challenge. This isn’t eccentricity for eccentricity’s sake; it's an intriguing musical language that Schatz is clearly obsessed with. Repeated listens should reward the patient.

via Apple Music

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