Canadian folk ensemble, Hey Rosetta!, have delivered a fantastic offering once again. "Second Sight," the group's fourth studio album, is equally as triumphant as their past work, but features immensely powerful riffs that are rarely found in typical folksy records. 

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"Soft Offering," the first track off the record, is a proper album opener. It combines percussive synths, bright melodies, and hopeful lyrics ("when the day is done, the rest is coming on"). In a way, it almost sounds like it could be in "Lion King."

While many tracks seem anthemic, there are soft moments in different tracks off the record. Take "Dream," for instance. Sure the track features catchy hooks and ooh's, but the 2:30 mark of the tune is almost faint, and dream-like, if you will. "What Arrows," similarily, starts off acoustic, but progresses into much more when strings and percussion melt into the song. 

To contrast these softer songs, Hey Rosetta! follow with tracks like "Neon Beyond," which features heavy guitars. A fun moment in album comes in the track "Kintsukuroi," which is a Japanese technique of mending broken parts with gold. The track metaphorically brings that process to life with its poppy guitar riffs and beachy melodies--lacing the lyrics with gold and making that track an album highlight. 

Hey Rosetta! may not be on the mainstream radio all the time, but with this effort, they certainly deserve to be. The band captures elements we love about the most buzzed about alternative bands: folksy moments remeniscient of Mumford and Sons, the yearning we hear in Death Cab For Cutie, and the triumphant chants that popularized Imagine Dragons. Give this album a listen when you're feeling happy, hopeful or sad;you name it-there's a track for you hidden in "Second Sight."

"Second Sight" will be released on January 27 in the United States.

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