's 2012 full-length debut, , features more of the Icelandic band's acoustic-driven alt-rock featured on their 2011 EP . Showcasing the dual singer/guitarist/songwriters and , the album also displays the six-piece ensemble's grand and anthemic style with a bent toward passionate folk-rock uplift and more layered, introspective moments. In that sense, the band brings to mind the work of such similarly inclined contemporaries as , , and . While such cuts as the peppy, horn-driven "Little Talks," "Six Weeks," "Love Love Love," and "From Finner" are carryovers from , elsewhere we get the cinematic build of "King and Lionheart," the catchy, -sounding singalong "Mountain Sound," and the reverb-laden "Lakehouse." There's even the very '60s Celtic folk-meets- number "Your Bones." Thoughtfully crafted and full of melancholic lyricism and quietly desperate romanticism, should appeal to any fan -- whether man or monster -- of sweet and wide-eyed folk-rock. ~ Matt Collar