The Great Pretenders [Mini Mansions]
by: Kitty White
Mini Mansions, a sharp dressed trio from California, are set
to release their second album titled The Great Pretenders next week. With
months of teased singles and videos the hype amongst fans is at an all time
high, and for good reason, this album is wonderful. Mini Mansions have traded
in their White Album-esque sound of their eponymous album for a much wider
array of influences and cameos such as Alex Turner, Brian Wilson, and The
B-52’s Fred Schneider. Although in writing it sounds like a motley crew, everything
melds together into a perfectly sherbet colored dreamscape of an album.