The Giant Crushes You

VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a digital download coupon! With The Giant Crushes You, Abner Trio has created an album that triangulates exactness, rawness, and beauty. Nearly three years in the making, Abner Trio's second full length is hands-down the most accomplished documentation of their mathy, artsy, honest, and all around original blend of indie-rock. This giant of a record may indeed crush you, but that's only because it's giving you a bear hug and it doesn't know its own strength. Boosted by a fearless, punch-you-in-the-face positivity that is both rare and refreshing, Abner Trio mashes tumbling guitar lines, bewildering arrangements, and idiot savant spoken word into songs that (amazingly) sound a lot like pop music. Beneath the weirdness, the music of Abner Trio contains an unwavering and highly developed pop sensibility, brought to the forefront by their densely layered and meticulously arranged vocal melodies. Bothering very little with traditional song structures, AT seems to allow the songs to move where they're supposed to, lilting and bursting along like a feel good Sebadoh gorged on US Maple.