AMG'd.
The guide's review references Guided by Voices, and along with relative newcomers The Microphones, that's a good starting point for their sound. There's a bit of tape hiss, sure, but mostly its the combination of numerous, casually thrown-off melodic gems (ala GBV) and a strangely timeless, epic, everybedroom-and-nighttime-backyard-at-once pulse (ala The Microphones). It's music both tiny and huge, with hints of indie pop and punk doing battle at all times, shouty crunchy guitar dueling with too-sweet vocals and one-take acoustic trumble twang.
The whole thing is curiously compelling in its pacing, with lots of catchy, reverb-laden short songs wandering around your headphones. Building, receding, building, then *poof*, never overstaying the idea. At times the thin mix wears thin, and at times some of the boy-girl vocals are kinda dissonant, but its an interesting one, good for long nights with sunshine in mind, that I'll totally listen to again one of these days 4/5
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