Waiting for Something to Happen

You may have had them tagged as goth-tinged pop fantasists, but with their much anticipated sophomore album ''Waiting For Something To Happen,'' Veronica Falls easily shrug off any notions of a difficult second album to create something that is easily more polished, more affecting, and more enduring than their peers could dream of making, and stake their claim as one of the most gloriously unpredictable and invaluable bands on the scene right now. Recorded with Rory Attwell (Male Bonding, The Vaccines), ''Waiting For Something To Happen'' is a bold and deliciously assured leap forward which sees the quartet of Roxanne Clifford, Patrick Doyle, James Hoare and Marion Herbain easily throw off the tongue in cheek references to ghostly romances and suicides to elegantly distill the essence of an aimless twenty-something existence--the collective anxieties, tensions and confusion of moving from adolescence into fully fledged adulthood--into a set of immaculately conceived and perfectly wrought pop songs. Veronica Falls' self-titled debut was released to universal acclaim in September 2011, including great reviews from Pitchfork, The New York Times, The Big Takeover, Spin, Pop Matters and more. Two sold-out coast-to-coast US tours followed, aided by strong radio airplay across college radio (Top 20 CMJ) and key non-commercial outlets (trend setters KEXP, KCRW, WXRT). Lead-off stream ''Teenage'' has garnered over 50k streams, landing it in the Hype Machine Top 10 charts. All signs are pointing to ''Waiting For Something To Happen'' being poised to be one of the breakout hits of 2013.