Something about these guys still doesn't add up. They're so polished, so fucking good live, touring the world again and again, and now putting out this rock-solid, totally legitimate, professional album, all while being 20 years old and not even really making that big a splash with the youth of Boston. Everything is so /honed/, so /nailed/
Good management? Just that talented??
Everything I loved about their debut's back, even if it's without that bracing sneakattack factor - those killer hooks, those quicksilver guitar/vocal interplays, those dimestopper hitches, bringing surfy poppostpunk to the masses. It's so goddamned listenable, a totally solid representation of their unbeatable live show.
What's the future for these guys? Can you go up from here? They're made their point. This piece of sound has got their flag in it. They are the masters of their domain. And that's a good start, but here's hoping they're not Spoon, they're not The Strokes, that they've got another gear in 'em, some nextlevel secret weapon that's gonna blow this whole thing wide open.
High hopes here 4/5
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edit: to be clear! this is a soaring, exciting album, and there's nothing samey about it on its own. It just feels on the same continuum as the debut, like its bumping up against a high ceiling with urgent force
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