These guys put out my 2nd favorite song of 2009, but the album barely scraped into my top 10. Fact is, that album's fun level dropped off hard after the first few (brilliant!) tracks.
Here, man, things kick off hard again. 5 seconds of ambient intro. 6 seconds of insistent beat and chiming guitars, 3 seconds of the rawest pumpkins riff you're heard since Siamese Dream, and you're off. If you're not hooked yet, hang up the phone. The songs are dense, buzzy, and borderline euphoric, full of MBV vocals, chiming guitars, M83 wall of sound, FLCL riffing, lovestruck sentiment and all the reverb you can handle. It's much better paced than its predecessor, working equally well for late night wistfulness and hazy spring drives, the emotions hitting harder, the riffs coming faster.
That said, it doesn't have its hooks fully into me just yet. I suspect it might be grower 3.5/5
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