
A band’s sophomore album is what really tests their meddle, especially within the indie-pop genre, where hip new bands and fresh sounds seemingly pop up at every corner, only to quickly fizzle away into nothingness. See The Strokes, who revolutionized the power-pop genre and then couldn’t quite find a way to capture the magic of Is This It?, or Vampire Weekend, who released one of the most infectious debut albums of all time, but then quickly devolved into obnoxious sounds and stale melodies on their follow-up Contra. Luckily, Army Navy, a little-known but critically well-received band from [...]