Ms Mr: How Does It Feel review – diminishing returns

(RCA)Secondhand Rapture, the 2013 debut by New York alt.pop duo Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, suffered from the distraction of the album’s accompanying visuals, Secondhand Captures. Sensibly, the songs are left this time to sink or swim on their own merits. At first, this seems to work: Painted is an arresting opener, Plapinger’s multitracked vocals repeatedly asking: “What did you think would happen?”, offset by Hershenow’s house-influenced euphoric backing; the more introspectiv