
Despite the title, normally stellar shoegazers turn in an overly slight, transitional effort. Listening to music can be a drawn out enough process that reviewing a band's new record is sometimes as much about figuring out the last album as it is grappling with this one, especially when the new one doesn't quite compare to past efforts. So I give credit to London shoegazers Engineers' new In Praise of More (a sardonic title for an album that's nearly 20 minutes shorter than its predecessor) for making me finally...