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Return to Cookie Mountain is tricky to write about because like most reviewers I rely on comparison - sounds like The Kinks who sound like The Beatles, etc. Brooklyn's TV on the Radio may rub up against their indie/alt-rock contemporaries and lean on their influences, but they don't fit easily into an established niche or sound quite like anyone else. Wailing guitars and keening vocals can at times echo Built to Spill but there's more pathos. Layered percussion and crisp digital beats blend to hint at IDM without shrugging a decidedly rock-n-roll identity. There are a few herky-jerky shifts in the beat and shrill metallics puncturing the rhythm but it's well worth repeated listening for its intensity, novel construction and wholly original sound. It's a slow, hot burn with several brilliantly bright spots including "Hours" and the MTV friendly "Wolf Like Me."
