Amidst Ben Folds-inflected piano rockers, Modern Skirt's 2005 debut featured the charming ?Pasadena,? a shuffling acoustic number that backed heartsick hopes with chiming group vocals. The lion's share of their follow-up seizes on that formula, at its best holding steady between '60s sunshine and '90s alternative to spin out breezy jangle pop. The mid-tempo pleasantries do sometimes plod, however, even with their layered depth, and a melting-pot agreeability here is often an interest-losing weakness. All O...   [ read more ]

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Amidst Ben Folds-inflected piano rockers, Modern Skirt's 2005 debut featured the charming Pasadena, a shuffling acoustic number that backed heartsick hopes with chiming group vocals. The lion's share of their follow-up seizes on that formula, at its best holding steady between '60s sunshine and '90s alternative to spin out breezy jangle pop. The mid-tempo pleasantries do sometimes plod, however, even with their layered depth, and a melting-pot agreeability here is often an interest-losing weakness. All O...   [ read more ]

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