Dots Will Echo - Drunk Is the New Sober / Stupid Is the New Dumb [CD]

Drunk Is the New Sober' and 'Stupid Is the New Dumb' are the twin subtitles of Drunk & Stupid, Dots Will Echo's debut album on Asthmatic Kitty, but those aren't just arch witticisms, they encapsulate the apparent contradictions that power the New Jersey duo's music. The warmly weird world created by multi-instrumentalist Nick Berry and drummer Kurt Biroc seems simultaneously sacred and profane, edgy and accessible, sad and transcendentally silly.