On their second full-length album, the three-man group (lead by singer Emily Cross) continue to show promise and growth and continue to prove that they are one the biggest dark horses in the Sub Pop label. All thought this whole album is very subtle and has dense ambient drones and chamber orchestration, each track brings a rich sense of realism and maturity. On their debut album, they stuck with a loud and almost haunting sense of instrumentation. But on their sophomore effort, they use a much simpler set of instrumentation and trust their nuance for simplicity to drive each of the tracks. Not only do they achieve this goal, but they do it with flying colors. So many memorable and amazing tracks across this whole album and could be one of the best ambient pop albums this year. The biggest downfall is the instrumentals can be all over the place at times and the closing isn?t what I wanted it to be, but still, a fabulous release and they deserve to be more well known.
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