Faith Healer
The Hand That Fits The Glove
Waves of airy synths and understated shifts in arrangement steadily build on "The Game," pushing along the song's insistent hooks as it grows into a woozy sparkle. Some of the soft psychedelia of the band's earlier work resurfaces on tracks like the pulsating glow of "I'm A Dog," the tripped out rocking of "Stranger," or the distant groove of "Green Velvet," with the live band playing adding a breathable, open-air quality to deftly architected song construction. The overpoweringly catchy "Another Fool" presents one of the most controlled examples of Faith Healer's perfectly metered sound, bringing together the smooth atmospheres of Montreal chill with the less aloof but equally sophisticated breeziness of late-'90s lounge pop acts like Saint Etienne or the Cardigans