It took a decade after fellow emo greats American Football broke up for them to catch on, so there is hope. I hope with all my heart that starts to change. There’s really nothing new to be found, but that’s OK because Okumay is icing on the discography-cake.ĭespite their limitless appeal, The Brave Little Abacus remains largely unknown. They have the songwriting chops to pull off the stripped down sound There are no samples (OK one, but it’s short), no weird stuff, no bullshit, just four fast and furious emo tracks. Upbeat keyboard riffs and Adam’s most polished vocal performance to date make Okumay an experiment in what The Brave Little Abacus would sound like if they were a “normal” band. Keyboard is often a secondary instrument for TBLA, hanging out in the background, providing atmosphere and counterpoint, but on Okumay, Zack’s ‘boards carry the music.

It’s The Brave Little Abacus' least challenging, most pop oriented record. It doesn’t even attempt to live up to JGB, and that’s what makes it perfect. Okumay is not experimental in any way, it doesn’t advance the band’s sound. But once I freed myself from lofty expectations and comparisons, I started to realize I might be approaching it wrong, and it hit me that three of the four songs (all but the cover) are among TBLA’s best songs. It’s three new songs, one cover, and hardly groundbreaking, the songs are much simpler, bare, stripped back. Okumay was an anticlimactic way for a band like The Brave Little Abacus to go out. Part 5 - Big bulging eyes like frogs in the hands of boyhoodĪt first glance Okumay is a disappointing way for the band to go out - it’s short, simple, bare, and it’s not a “revelation” like Just Got Back From The Discomfort. The Most Underrated Band on The Planet: A Retrospective

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