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Considering the rave reviews of
' 2009 album and all the arena tours that followed, it could be misconstrued that a title like
would be about the trials and tribulations of blowing up. Actually,
's second album is an album without a concept -- a bit of a relief after the deathbed theme that weighed down
. For
,
puts his personal tragedy behind him and starts anew by burying himself in electronics to make a unique sort of wistful chamber pop for the digital age.
and multi-instrumentalist
return to flesh out the songs, but
and
are more of a guiding force this time than the fuzz-folkish
influence heard on
. As before, the atmospheric electronics of
are comparable to latter-day
, but for most of
sound like a glossy, adult contemporary version of
.
's voice has strengthened and his silky falsetto leads the slick wash of echoey beats and spacy synths. In the best moments,
have slow-tumbling, watery melodies that shimmer and swell to big tidal-wave hooks.
may have been organic and fragile, but
is sleek and self-assured, and the new image suits
well. ~ Jason Lymangrover