How does one supersede emo? For a band like Cursive, it was scabrous wit; for the Wrens, breathtaking songcraft; and for Mason Proper, an outright production coup, bursting out the speakers with a sound equal parts Steve Albini (Rapeman, Big Black) and Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Futureheads). The thin, tinny guitar tones find balance in robust, fleet-footed drum work, accented by deft sonic accoutrements: chintzy synths and chimes flecking "100 Years," drum machines patterin...   [ read more ]

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