Fact #125412

Ten years into their prolific career, Missouri’s indie rock heroes have thrived despite their unwieldy monicker. Purveying energetic, poppy alt-rock that fans of Weezer, Cake or even Vampire Weekend will find instantly appealing, they improve with every album and, even though it only runs to 26 minutes, The High Country is jammed with more memorably tight tunes than most albums of twice its length. The fuzz-rich What I Won is a case in point, its layers of guitar distortion overlaid with a sweet vocal propelled by stone-solid drums and insistently thrumming bass. The punky thrash of Trevor Forever and the chilled angst of Madeline are two of eleven reasons why this is one album you’ll play end-to-end over and over.
(Johnny Black, Hi Fi News, 2015)