The sound on this second album is a lot fuller than the previous one; the band filled the spaces in their songs with so much dreamy, melodic pop that it threatens to turn your ears to candy. It’s one of the reasons I prefer the début album. I liked the spaces. There’s almost too much going on here. The regular shift from pop assault to saccharine lullabies is a jarring experience on first listen. After a while it becomes easier to pick out the good bits, which is about 90% of it. If the Beach Boys joined a circus band, they might sound something like this.