Someday The Grapes Will Be Wine

Justice "On'n'on"

Justice's second album is a great surprise – it's not a carbon copy of their debut, but carries enough of that record's general aesthetic to seem like a totally natural progression. I like the faux-metal dance music angle, but I favor the cuts that merge their sensibility with the sound of 70s lite pop. "On'n'on," a lightly funky number featuring the vocalist Morgan Phelan, is the closest this record comes to replicating the magic of "DVNO," but its tone is much more mellow. There are similarities in the melody, but I think the more striking thing is in how both numbers convey a very sexy sort of optimism that's a bit scrambled by odd lyrics and a vocal melody that's secondary to the instrumental hook. Buy it from Amazon.