Morning Benders - Hand Me DownsAlbum: Big Echo [2010]
released two years after the group's debut, "big echo" is an aural document of a band moving across the country, trading its california home for the urban enclaves of brooklyn, switching labels, and replacing its '60s sunny, strummy pop sound with something distinctly modern. the album also relies fairly heavily on the whole group, with electric guitars accompanying the first albums acoustics along with dense, layered soundscapes reigning supreme throughout. rarely do the piles of auxiliary instruments threaten to bury the band - if anything, the album takes a page from the beach boys classic, "pet sounds", by allowing the production to shine on its own, highlighting the studio embellishments but never shifting focus away from the band's own hooks. this is arguably the heaviest song on the album, and may rely least on orchestral arrangements, but showcases singer chris chu's love for iconic pop music. one of the best tracks of 2010.
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