Tentacles

One of the holy trinity of similarly-monikered bands-of-the-moment (the other two being Crystal Castles and Crystal Stilts - and that's before we get to Crystal Fighters), Crystal Antlers released a self-titled (and originally self-released, until picked up by Touch and Go Records) EP to much critical acclaim back in the early part of 2008. This full-length album, their first, has thus been the subject of much fervent expectation in some quarters. Does it fulfil the high hopes?