Hunting My Dress is a collection of exquisite tracks, haunting and pounding and rhythmic throughout says Lewis Denby about Jesca Hoop’s sophomore effort.
Sophomore Albums
Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day
Erik Thompson finds the sophomore effort from Deer Tick a little hard going…d
Maps – Turning the Mind
On Turning the Mind, Chapman seems to have taken a slightly different direction in his shoe-gazing antics. Taking more influence from the dance floor, his sophomore effort is a mixed bag according to Daniel Offen.
Vivian Girls – Everything Goes Wrong
By their second album Vivian Girls have carved a sonic niche for themselves which may be limiting and the frames of reference borrowed but it is one that remains evergreen.
Windmill – Epcot Starfields
Epcot Starfields, like the album that preceded it, is a showcase of the wonderful talent of Matthew Thomas Dillon. There are some spectacular moments on it, and when everything clicks Windmill can be phenomenally beautiful.
The Cave Singers – Welcome Joy
The Cave Singers sophomore album doesn’t do that much for Andrew Grillo – finding it a little leaden paced and lacking the ideas of their contemporaries like Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver.
Throw Me The Statue – Creaturesque
Doing what happy-go-lucky pop rock does best, the second album release from Seattle band Throw Me The Statue is the perfect album to be caught mid-sway to.
White Rabbits – It’s Frightening
It’s Frightening, the sophomore effort from Brooklyn/Missouri six piece White Rabbits, is the sound of a band working through a gift and a curse: while neither crystallizing the sound of the first album nor charting a truly new direction.
