As an album Candela has everything: it's energetic and adventurous but these adjectives are synonymous with Mice Parade’s constant journeying through music.
Candela is loaded with the kind of bracing, unpredictable pop music that a listener can find something new in again and again.
Wile it’s possible to appreciate some of the songs here on their own merits, Candela as a whole never really coalesces into something resembling a unified musical statement.
Despite its flaws, it can at times be an unexpected and stunning trip.
Candela has some shining moments but, overall, is an album that teases the palette instead of really satisfying.
In a desperate effort to prove worldly erudition, Mice Parade has forsaken the overall effect and strength of its songs.