Childhood friends roll back the years
It starts, continues and ends like Yo La Tengo, but It Hugs Back have chosen the rich seam of turn-of-the-century YLT albums that saw the Hoboken trio all dreamy-eyed and loving. So for once imitation is more than flattery, this understated blend of hushed vocals, jangling guitars and sweetly soporific organ tones delivered as though it’s the Kent quartet’s own. Despite lengthy droning passages that recall labelmates Stereolab, little more than the prodding keyboards in ‘Don’t Know’ and early Kevin Shields mannerisms throughout threaten to disturb the warm fuzzy restraint that make this eminently likeable.
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