{"id":3247,"date":"2015-04-09T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T02:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2015-04-22T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T16:49:10","slug":"toro-y-moi-what-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/toro-y-moi-what-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Toro y Moi <br>What For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toro_y_Moi-What_For.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3248\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toro_y_Moi-What_For.jpg\" alt=\"Toro y Moi, What For?\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toro_y_Moi-What_For.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Toro_y_Moi-What_For-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Chaz Bundick\u2019s been flexing his songwriting muscles a lot lately. Under the guise of Les Sins on last year\u2019s <i>Michael<\/i> and now on his fourth long-player as Toro y Moi, <i>What For?<\/i> (Carpark Records), Bundick&#8217;s usually couch-locked music has been increasingly gravitating towards indie rock. He never goes in 100% rock &amp; roll, however, and this might in some ways be the downside to <i>What For<\/i>. As an artisan of pure vibe music, Bundick\u2019s slightly rock-leaning approach on <i>What For<\/i> comes off as muted, middle-of-the-road, and frankly, mostly forgettable.<\/p>\n<p>The increased rock texture doesn\u2019t come out of leftfield: Bundick has always been impressively versatile while cultivating the sort of lush scenery in which it\u2019s easy to get trapped. Toro y Moi gets the new approach right here a couple times on \u201cHalf Dome\u201d and \u201cRun Baby Run,\u201d whose understated pop melodies run like a Big Star tune if Alex Chilton attempted funk standards like \u201cAtomic Dog.\u201d Those moments aside, the rest of the record rolls out a jumbled, retro sound that varies among disco, funk, and \u201860s pop with little to show for its diversity.<\/p>\n<p>As Bundick\u2019s vocals have inched closer and closer to the forefront of Toro y Moi, they have supplied increased amounts of depth to his music and become an essential component of his songwriting. Bundick&#8217;s voice is about as prominent here as it was on predecessor <i>Anything in Return<\/i>, but the lines that peek out (\u201cRock &amp; roll is here to stay,\u201d on \u201cRatcliff\u201d and \u201cEvery day&#8217;s like this. No one gets nowhere,\u201d on \u201cLilly,\u201d for example) solidify the record&#8217;s flatness. 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