OMNI 04/19/2014 rest assured that Phair hasn't

rest assured that Phair hasn't gone completely VH-1

Duets by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes ("Up Where We Belong") and Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald ("On My Own") will have you wondering out loud about why Ann Wilson and Mike Reno didn't land on this eclectic collection

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OMNI 04/19/2014 rest assured that Phair hasn'tMarching down the increasingly electronic path set before them on 2007's Planet of Ice, Minus the Bear continue to evolve their knotty, math tinged indie pop away from traditional arrangements and into more synthesized spaces. On Omni, drum machines accompany live drums, and the intricately tapped guitar lines are accented, and sometimes out and out replaced, by winding synths. The effect is an even more relaxed and breezy Minus the Bear than