The consensus review for Two Hours Traffics sophomore album has been that it is a darker, deeper, more grown-up album then Little Jabs which really shows the maturing process of this young band. For me, this album shows that Two Hours Traffic have been able to repeat the SAME formula as Little Jabs. This album contains undeniably catchy tunes which linger until it ultimately forces you to go out and by the whole album or make you listen to it once again. The assertion that Territories is a complete overhaul of the teenager pop they created with their first album is just not apparent to me. The songs are still melody-driven, happy and up-beat, repetitious jingles with relatively little complexity. And this works incredibly well for Two Hours Traffic. We want to be reminded of a summer day at the beach when we hear PEI's finest and these islanders indulge us.
Sure some of their lyrics are a little more grown up than previous but its pretty hard to say something profound with five-word lines. Therefore, the music industrys natural search for musical growth and change in a young bands sophomore album, is not found here. Territories is similar to Little Jabs in another important way, it is a must listen. I guarantee you will be singing along after only a couple of spins.
It was one song that encouraged me to 'Just Listen' to this album (oh the pun). 'Territories' is a solid first single from the album and they even slow it down for 'Sing a Little Hymn'. If your looking to liven your spirits with some indie-pop this album is a great mechanism to do so. You can see their lead singer, hes the second in from the bottom left in my new website picture (yay!) courtesy of my good friend Kyle Borrowmans pictures.
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