The Dodos - "Confidence". At this point, the Dodos' name is a liability: they've lost almost all of their early silliness, replaced with a handsewn, earnest determination. At best, they are using their namesake bird as a different sort of symbol - evoking the totem's tragic, faraway expiration, not its arch, goofy mien.

Anyway: "Confidence". Yes, it's confident. It's confident and breathlessly rushing, much more Do Make Say Think than Visiter. Across almost five minutes, they move from a tolling, hopeful tribute to a ferocious mayday - Buddhist warnings over drums and black-charged electric guitars, fence-jump & steeple-chase, near-drowning & a seized raft. This band used to include Women's late, great guitarist Chris Reimer: here they do full credit to their departed friend, here they find sweet notes and set them alight.

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Montrealers, go see my friend Basia Bulat play at Cabaret Mile End tomorrow night. Tall Tall Shadow is great, and I'm going to write about some of it as soon as I can.

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