Album Review: Young The Giant - Mind Over Matter

A band should know when their album has missed the mark. Following the success of their indie-pop debut, Young The Giant have decided to attempt to break into the arena-rock sound with Mind Over Matter. The band have made the baffling choice to record song after song of incessant synths and '80s sound effects. The acoustic Firelight provides a brief respite from the over-produced flash, but lyrics reminiscent of a teenager's diary dampen even that. If anything, Mind Over Matter shows us that a record shouldn't be written in anticipation of a future light show.