Do It Again
Houston Party
Subtitled A Tribute to Pet Sounds, this collection perfectly illustrates the problem of getting unrelated artists to salute Brian Wilson’s unified vision. Centro-Matic reinvent the lush Don’t Talk as haunting country-rock, and Architecture in Helsinki nail Pet Sounds. But Mazarin’s pointless replication of I Know There’s an Answer and, worst of all, Daniel Johnston murdering God Only Knows are best avoided.
STEVE JELBERT