Offkilter indie new wave on the order of recent faves Thee Oh Sees, full of bold, simple beats and minimalist jangle. When it works, when the band finds its defiant, senseless stride, it's exhilarating, especially on the brilliantly expectation-defying (and perfectly-named) opener I Like LA.
On the most of the songs though, absent an interesting art-rock angle, the band doesn't do enough fill in the space left by all the anti-pop not-doing. Take I'm Closed or The Entertainer, songs that simmer for a few minutes without arriving anywhere, nor being all that compelling in the not-arriving. Enjoyable as hooky post-punk, but frustrating in its inability to live up to its own high-water marks 3/5
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