Review Summary: I'm starting to think that I might look back at this later on and think to myself that this was a great album but nonetheless a forgetable one.
Let's start off by saying that I'm having a hard time pinpointing what to think about this album. I want to stay away from comparing it to Laminate Pet Animal too much. But it's hard seeing as I don't really know what else to compare this to. Since I enjoyed Laminte Pet Animal quite a lot I had somewhat high expectations on this, taking in account all that "the second album is the hardest"-bull***. Not to say I'm dissappointed but I had higher expectations.
Dialects begins with a mellow and nice crossover between intro and a real song that leads into the opening track "Rome" that reassures us listeners that the airy guitars, the tasty song melodies and catchy choruses from Laminate Pet Animal are still there. Besides the opening riff in this song makes me think about The War on Drugs - Baby Missiles. That I like. Next up is "Columbus" that shows us that indie-pop-rock-ish stuff can be everything but boring with lovely string arrangements and a atmosphere almost out if this world. These tracks are the, in my book, best two tracks from this together with the two closing tracks. Especially "Silver Sieve" which ends in a superb way.
This is a bit more rock-y and a little less bit "out there" than Laminate Pet Animal which means that Dialects might overall come off as more focused and more structured than Laminate Pet Animal, which is both a good and a bad thing. Seeing as the best tracks from Laminate Pet Animal were the more focused ones even though what made that album memorable was the fun and unexpected turns as in songs like "Hologram". There are less of these turns here and more tracks that resemble the likes of "Let me in". There's also quite a bit of filler on here that could've easily been left out such as instrumental track "Safety in a Open Mind" and one or two of the forgetable tracks in the middle part preferably "Glide" and/or "You want Everything" that doesn't really bring anything interresting, fun or new to the table.
One of my favourite things about this is the fact that there's always something going on behind the scenes. The drums spices things up with great fills and structures. Bass is surely a highlight that never cease to amaze with unexpected turns and milfy fills. Together with vocals that are really cozy, imagine falsettos that are not vulgar, this sums up as a great cd, even though outshined by their previous effort.
