If you’re looking for a tune to get you over the hump this week, look no further than Ages and Ages. This Portland act is anthemic, melodic, and quite simply: fun. Once they hook you with alluring lyricism and a crescendo that doesn’t just build and build, but circles round-and-round like a ferris wheel offering different viewpoints, highs, and lows. They’ve got gang vocals that echo in your ears like Polyphonic Spree sans the oddball theatrics. The only thing remotely theatric about Ages and Ages sound is that it sounds like they recorded inside of a tree My Side of the Mountain style or up in a Swiss Family Robinson type treehouse. Dig in:
