The highlights here are stronger than the highlights on their debut, but the 50s retro rock shtick is frankly already wearing thin and holding the band back. The weakest cuts on this album are the oldies-rock knockoffs and the strongest songs rarely have much in common with that throwback aesthetic, so there's a schism present here that's hard to ignore. Gotye's voice is excellent. Standouts: Rattle My Chain, Bitten By The Same Bug, Better, Sound Off, Lookin Over My Shoulder
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