Fluorescence

The signs in Chris Zane s (Passion Pit, The Walkmen) studio couldn t have been any clearer: Don t Overthink It. Or as Asobi Seksu guitarist James Hanna puts it, This time, our agenda was to not have one at all; to be mellow about the entire process instead of obsessing over everything. Maybe mellow isn t the right word, unless he s comparing Fluorescence, the band s fourth proper full-length, to a coiled-up cobra a temperamental type that s often one false move away from striking.