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Album Review: She & Him – “Volume Two”
Why does it always seem like every day I write about She & Him, the weather outside is dim and gloomy?
I think it’s because the universe knows that the answer to a dim and gloomy day is putting on a She & Him record. As expected, the group’s new album, Volume Two, did the trick.
Most of you probably know that the “She” and “Him” of the band’s name are actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward respectively. Of course, there’s a lot more She than Him, but that suits the music just fine. Ward is the producer and mostly hangs out in the background, strumming a quiet, mellow guitar, adding some subtle synths here and there, and lending his smoothed-out, super-relaxed croon to a few numbers. His contributions are more noticeable this time around than they were on Volume One, but really, that’s like saying a smidgen is more than a smidge.
No, this is primarily Zooey’s show, and once again she runs with it.
