Allo Darlin'
Europe
Slumberland
2012
Rating: 8 blue skies out of 10
I would have given this sophomore Allo Darlin' release a high score based solely on the second song of the album, "Capricornia." As it stands it's the runaway leader for my coveted "song of the year" category. Luckily, this band is no one trick pony, and the rest of the record is damn near as good - "Northern Lights" is also stellar. Catchy twee pop from start to finish - I described it to a friend as a more upbeat, less depressed Camera Obscura. And by "friend" I probably wrote it somewhere, maybe here, on another release of theirs. No matter, it's a fitting descriptor either way. No sophomore jinx here at all.
Fantastic live band too - had the privilege of seeing them play recently and Elizabeth Morris' voice is just as fantastic live as it is on record, maybe even more so. In two records she's jumped very high on my list of favorite female vocalists.
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