Upright Behavior

By the thunderous ending of opening track “Above My Ground,” Landlady has already done more to set themselves apart from the aloofer popular indie groups in five minutes than most could in five albums. That opening track, with its pleading coda of “I need you always now” growing louder and louder and more desperate with each utterance, announces Adam Schatz and co. as expert instrumentalists; “Dying Day” and “The Globe” crib heavily from 70’s RnB and prog respectively, while added space rock flourishes and Ian Chang’s masterful drumming keep the scattershot tempos tight and forceful. If it’s melody you’re after, you’ll be neck deep in it here.