"Bits" is album number four for Brooklyn's OXFORD COLLAPSE, but it's a first for them in many ways. Some of those ways will be immediately apparent to those of you who've followed their raucous, boyish exploits since their 2006 Sub Pop debut "Remember the Night Parties", or from their earlier efforts. Their charming lack of guile, combined with a capable and focused aim towards the better of the '80s college-rock cognoscenti and Trouser Press favorites, has made for music that has found its way into backyards and across rooftops all over the city. Recorded in chunks throughout 2007 with Eric Emm at the Brothers Studios, and Chad Matheny in spaces all over town, "Bits" corrects for time and experience, and shows a band artistically riding its own ... read more