{"product_id":"yo-la-tengo-i-am-not-afraid-of-you-and-i-will-beat-your-ass-lp","title":"YO LA TENGO 'I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS' 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: MATADOR\u003cbr\u003eVINYL RELEASE DATE: 6\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003eALBUM RELEASE DATE: 9\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: BLACK VINYL 2LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIra Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew sound like no other band. This is not because they're contrarians, but because they're artists. I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass has everything that ever made Yo La Tengo great, but elevated to new heights, from the remarkable orchestral chamber piece \"Black Flowers\" to the garage-punk rave-up \"Watch Out For Me Ronnie.\" If there's one constant about Yo La Tengo, it's that this famously restless band continues to broaden its horizons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass is an album that delights in being an album. This is no mere loud followed by soft merry-go-round, but a subtle parade. Bookended by very different but equally intense ten-minute-plus guitar epics, the set has dramatic arcs that don't all build in expected ways. After a dense thicket of forest they may find a clearing, stop for a picnic, but then fall asleep, dreaming away as day turns to night. A violin (played by David Mansfield, of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue) threads its way through the heartbreakingly fragile \"I Feel Like Going Home,\" mirroring the longing in Georgia's vocal, after which \"Mr. Tough\" struts in on a funky piano riff, with Ira and James singing in falsetto about the transformative power of music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs much as the full album experience is about the big picture, Yo La Tengo are aware of the small moments. In fact, it is the slivers that make the band so hard to describe: The ambient static in the haunting instrumental \"Daphnia\"; Georgia's dramatic reading of the vaguely \"Autumn Sweater\"-esque \"The Room Got Heavy\"; the way the drums, bass, and tambourine turn themselves inside-out in the intro of \"Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"tracklist\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"tlheader\"\u003e\u003cabbr title=\"Number\"\u003eNo.\u003c\/abbr\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"tlheader\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"tlheader\"\u003eLength\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track1\"\u003e1.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10:47\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track2\"\u003e2.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Beanbag Chair\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3:03\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track3\"\u003e3.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"I Feel Like Going Home\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4:14\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track4\"\u003e4.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Mr. Tough\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4:06\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track5\"\u003e5.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Black Flowers\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4:28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track6\"\u003e6.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"The Race Is on Again\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4:37\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track7\"\u003e7.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"The Room Got Heavy\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5:10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track8\"\u003e8.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Sometimes I Don't Get You\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3:16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track9\"\u003e9.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Daphnia\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8:51\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track10\"\u003e10.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"I Should Have Known Better\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3:16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track11\"\u003e11.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Watch Out for Me Ronnie\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3:02\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track12\"\u003e12.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"The Weakest Part\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3:04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track13\"\u003e13.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Song for Mahila\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3:40\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track14\"\u003e14.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"Point and Shoot\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4:18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" id=\"track15\"\u003e15.\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\"The Story of Yo La Tango\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11:49\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MATADOR DIRECT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67647352963373,"sku":"YO-LA-TENGO-I-AM-NOT-AFRAID-OF-YOU-AND-I-WILL-BEAT-YOUR-ASS-2LP","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/2910\/4685\/files\/Iamnotafraidofyou.jpg?v=1792011159","url":"https:\/\/shop.altpress.com\/products\/yo-la-tengo-i-am-not-afraid-of-you-and-i-will-beat-your-ass-lp","provider":"Alternative Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}