The acoustic guitars are often well down in the mix as piano-driven, electronic textures dominate, providing this sophomore effort with both its strengths and its weaknesses.
Examples: Unbound is delightfully angular, quirky yet focused as Asgeir shows off his compositional abilities and a falsetto to die for; yet I Know You Know’s attempt at a deeper rhythmic pulse is packaged as throwaway tropical house. File under patchy but promising.
• Asgeir. Afterglow. One Little Indian.
• Three stars (out of five)
Single download: New Day
For those who like: Bon Iver, Hozier
— Shane Gilchrist
