Discovery LP (Vinyl)

Discoverys first and only album is filled with unrequited crushes, sublimated lust, tentative love given with a bated breath pop songs with an implicitly queer view. Can I sleep inside?/ I know youre nervous, though/ So I promise to leave before your mother wakes up in the morning, the groups other half, Wes Miles, sings on its opening track.

Multiple songs evoke the dance floor, a gay haven and sanctuary that still cant stave off the alienation and loneliness: Wheres the freedom in the disco when youre all alone? Batmanglijs Vampire Weekend bandmate Ezra Koenig asks in a guest feature on Carby.

On LP,Batmanglij found a kindred spirit in Wes Miles, the frontman of Ra Ra Riot. Both of them were part of buzzy groups that made sweeping, collegiate music and both of them were looking to break out of their prescribed sounds. They started working on music together in 2005, and when the album was released four years later, LP sounded ahead of the curve, a blend of indie-rock and electronic and hip-hop influences that would eventually become the norm.

Soon enough, everything would sound sort of like Discovery and Discovery would sound like nothing else, because they effectively stopped existing after this album.

The two of them packaged youthful anxieties into sputtering pop songs that sounded bright and confectionery but felt like the end of the world.

Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Orange

Tracklist:
A1 Orange Shirt
A2 Osaka Loop Line
A3 Can You Discover
A4 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
A5 So Insane
B1 Swing Tree
B2 Carby
B3 I Want You Back
B4 Its Note My Fault (Its My Fault)
B5 Slang Tang
B6 Orange Shirt (Rock Remix)