's masterful sophomore effort fulfills all the promise of the group's debut and more, forging taut melodicism and jaw-dropping sonic complexity out of barbed-wire emotional potency. The emergence of as an equal shareholder in 's vision is the key -- her four contributions (particularly and ) are stellar, while her harmonies complete 's equally superb lead turns by reading between the lines to verbalize the naked aggression at the core of the songs' polemic power. Forget the implications inherent in the trio's music -- is pure, undiluted , and it's brilliant. [ was re-released on LP in 2014.] ~ Jason Ankeny