Photo by Cheryl Dunn

Few indie rock lifers out there have worn well with time as the likes of Yo La Tengo, and perhaps it’s because they’ve come to accept its passing rather than attempting to stay stuck in any one moment of the past with their art or perspective. “Fallout”, the first single from Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew’s 16th studio effort, This Stupid World, doesn’t resist its passage, and that is an act of resistance itself. “I want to fall out of time,” Kaplan sings over a mesh of warm yet decaying riffs, and a constant percussive step forward. “Reach back, unwind.” As with yesterday and as they will today, Yo La Tengo create their own timeline with their art.

Yo La Tengo’s This Stupid World will be released February 10th on Matador Records.