The third release from Portland’s Point Juncture, WA, titled Handsome Orders comes out May 17th (on Mt. Fuji records). This album doesn’t sound home-recorded by any means, with it’s lush and airy production and dynamic energy bringing each track to very specific and impressive life. This album is a little more forward-moving than what I would call “dream pop” but I get why they draw that tag: delicate boy/girl vocal interplay, reverby blips and drones behind the regular mix of drums and guitars, etc. Not all of this album sticks with me, but it’s high points are spectacular. For fans of Belle and Sebastian, Lake, and the like. Another really good album from this Pac-NW band. Their 2009 release, Heart To Elk, is worth digging into also, if you are new to this band.

Recommended tracks: the beautiful “Snakey Says” and the album’s energy high-point “Boston Gold”