The New Jersey based band Yo La Tengo has been making high quality indie rock music for decades. Their sound is defined by fuzzy, immersive guitars, sweet drum grooves and keyboard chords just beneath the surface, while either Georgia Hubley or Ira Kaplan (These two have been married since the band was formed) softly croon over the track. Their music does not really "go hard" in any sense of the phrase, but the down low groove and progression of the music makes it bump in its own special way. I love to listen them when I am trying to write a paper because i get less stressed and am able to focus more. The songs I am posting here are "You Can Have It All", and "Ohm". "You Can Have It All" is off their stellar 2000 album And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. I love this song because its easy to sing along with, with the main part of the beat being Kaplan singing, and Hubley's smooth, soft percussion lull you into the state of mind that you really do have it all. The song "Ohm" is from their 2013 album Fade, and it is just a good song to chill out to, its meditative and calming, but also with a clear forward propulsion of the music. The guitars are at their fuzziest, and the song is effortlessly sing-alongable. This band is fantastic, and if you like them I encourage you too look throughout all of their broad catalogue, especially the rest of the two albums above that I mentioned, and their 1997 album I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One.
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