Actress Hands sound like a band who have grown robust through the demands of touring, yet retain that wide-eyed wonder that sees Come the Summer Days glow opaque with poetic sentiment. There are few bands around that take more robust pearls and make them shimmer in grand pop style, but the Hands do it with terrific, ambiguous poise, Matt's vocals coming on like Kurt Cobain with something like Morrisey's penchant for flowers.
B-side Everyone's in Love is like Queens of the Stone Age playing Belle and Sebastian, trumpets emerging to coat electric guitar spurts in reams of subtlety, the results tempered and little short of ace.
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