Album Review: Hinds - Leave Me Alone

Madrid mavens Hinds continue to mine garage pop dereliction on Leave Me Alone, an amiable, likeable affair that barely riles itself from a shuffling gait.

There are deliberate rays of sunshine, if not shreds of originality — Chili Town feels like a loose millennial take on a Rolling Stones song, while instrumental Solar Gap is imbued with an affable whimsy that is innately charming. Tracks like Garden and San Diego benefit from the rickety instrumentation and frayed harmonies, but for the most part it gets tired. The charm most likely bursts forth in seeing these songs played live.