Wye Oak - Every Day Like the Last: Collected Singles 2019-2023 LP (MARKDOWN)

***Received an 8.0 rating from Pitchfork. The word 'tween' implies a certain, very specific kind of awkwardness, and those implications are rarely positive. But think about it like this: Something 'tween' is in the process of becoming something else, and thereÕs a very specific kind of beauty in that becoming. ThereÕs something rewarding in recognizing and celebrating itÑin meeting it halfway. Tween is a collection of eight songs born, raised, and almost abandoned for various reasons during the years between 2011Õs breakthrough Civilian and 2014Õs reinvention-of-sorts, Shriek. JENN WASNER and ANDY STACK described these songs as 'not emblematic of a step forward, but a step sideways in time.' In other words, they just didnÕt make sense for album number fiveÑwhich will happen at some point in the future. But just because they didnÕt belong there doesnÕt mean they donÕt belong anywhere. To wedge them onto Shriek wouldÕve been dishonest; to orphan them wouldÕve been somewhere on the line between criminal and just plain silly."ÑJosh Modell (STREET DATE - 8/05/2016)