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Isolated phrases are delightfully constructed and make sense in and of themselves, but I could not for the life of me tell you what the song is about. “Hannah’s” lyrics are well trained in the Beck (and/or) They Might Be Giants school of stream of consciousness non-sequiturs. “Hannah” is the first of four consecutive pop gems that run the gambit all the way from goofball twee back towards “First Floor’s” dreampop. Next, we’re on to the other half of Freelance Whales. These guys have chemistry in no short supply, and it shows on the ethereal opener. But together they make the world’s greatest condiment. Alone, each chemical is deadly, deadly poison. Consider the combination of sodium and chloride. “Generator ^ First Floor” positively reverberates with the “native language” of…whales, I’m guessing? All I know is I’ve never wanted to sing along so badly with what should, by all rights, be a really irritating noise. So it might be easy, but it’s certainly not simple. Maybe easy is a poor choice of words, because that’s certainly part of the definition of Freelance Whales. And somewhere along the way, we’ll hopefully pinpoint that signature sound but I’m warning you, it won’t be easy. Luckily we have all album to figure it out. It’s really hard to say whether this group is at their best when chanting along in hazy harmony as in the opener or carving out sharp melodies as in the track(s) immediately following. Fortunately for our heroes, there’s no lack of innovative instrumental interplay on what could have been a so two thousand and late fuzzy keyboard pop trend rehash. Somehow, there needs to be a signature, something that establishes a presence. There’s a little Postal Service or Grandaddy-esque digitized romanticism, some breathy vocals spiked with banjo that’d bring tears to Sufjan’s eyes and a bit of fun kind of like…well, “fun.” The bad news is there’s always a little danger of anonymity when unabashedly drawing on influences, as Headlights could tell you. For me, it’s essentially a pastiche of my favorite indie pop techniques. The good news is this album should win you over pretty quickly if you’re generally a fan of pleasant music.