honestly, just throwing this out there. I really didn't like oracular. Like kids and time to pretend were fun to hear at parties but beyond that, the album just didn't do anything for me. That being sad, Congratulations is brilliant. I can hardly believe it is the same band. Like the whole synth-pop thing is still there but they sound much more like a rock band. They really made that step away from bull-**** to real psych and it is awesome. It sounds like Belle and Sebastian meets Of Montreal with a bit of surf rock thrown in. But there is so much going on that I can hardly reduce it just that. Someone's Missing has an almost mo-town/ Jackson Five breakdown, and an influence that I hear more and more with each listen. Just an awesome album. I can't imagine this not being on my top ten of the year.
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