Jeniferever – Silesia

Although Jeniferever probably deserve a higher profile, Silesia won’t be the album to swell their fan base. They’ve never exactly redefined the post-rock paradigm, but even against their own track record, there’s a distinct lack of freshness to their third full-length. They seem to be attempting to broaden their profile by following the genre’s manual as closely as possible, but they’re expert enough to smuggle in moments of excellence: for example, the guitar lick that closes Waifs and Strays or the title track’s sparkling malevolence.

Such beauty is offset by the tedium of Drink to Remember’s over-egged emoting and the bland The Beat of Our Own Blood. Compare Jeniferever with a band like Mew – with whom they share certain similarities – and the disparity is acute: where the Danes satisfied subverted expectations on 2009’s No More Stories, Jeniferever sound like they’re still playing catch up two years later. [Chris Buckle]