But at its heart, this is a pop album through and through. The ’80s beats are inescapable and the slightly effeminate vocal delivery is a definite hark back to that gender bending era (‘Love Me Girl,’ ‘Ambling Alp’). And yet, it’s also a very modern-sounding record. Not quite as gonzoid/visionary as Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Odd Blood inhabits that same anything-goes world. Take the sublime ‘Love Me Girl’ for example. Yeasayer have packed around 15 different songs into one tune, and while it can be initially jarring, it’s an exciting thrill-ride that splices dance, techno and indie together with ease. Odd Blood is the sound of a band jamming a square peg into a round hole. At times it isn’t as coherent as it could be, but it sure is a lot of fun.