Pitchfork

San Francisco duo the Dodos will make some headline writer's job easy should they ever break up, but their sound-- acoustic troubadour meets freak-folk-- is hardly an extinct species. On "Fools", singer and songwriter Meric Long's percussive strums meet the steady, stick-clacking rumble of Logan Kroeber's metal-weaned drumming. The Dodos have opened for psychedelic folkies Akron/Family, and sure enough, Long's nearly indecipherable vocal yawps on the chorus are more Animal Collective than, um, Plain White T's. Indeed, a lot of the talk about this band so far has centered on their live shows, so it's probably a good idea that the video for "Fools" is essentially a clip of the two performing against a black background. Directed by Matt Amato for We are the Masses, the video shows the Dodos looking red-faced and beginning to glisten with sweat, seemingly fully absorbed in their performance.

Video:> The Dodos: "Fools"
[from Visiter; due early 2008 on Frenchkiss]