Grand Archives - Keep In Mind Frankenstein (2009)

Grand Archives' second full-length album like much of its predecessor (2008's Grand Archives), was crafted at Paradise Sound in Index, WA. It's a little darker than the first record and opens with the bittersweet elegy "Topsy's Revenge". Songs like "Dig That Crazy Grave," a buoyant ditty redolent of Southern California and summer afternoons, and the insistent, soaring "Silver Among the Gold" find their place here as well. It's an album made up of disparate elements artfully fit together and brought to life with affecting results: Keep in Mind Frankenstein.