After a two-year waiting period since their self-titled 2006 debut, Montreal's own foursome is back in the racks with a cleverly executed indie set, ripe with special guests and city-wide collaborators. Recorded at Hotel2Tango by owner Howard Bilderman (Arcade Fire, Basia Bulat, The Dears...), this new album well encapsulates the Montreal indie rock sound: orchestral arrangements, sweeping anthems and imploring vocals. Not to say that this album is just like the rest, instead Twenty-First Floor... takes the local norm to another level, offering listeners more rock than indie with head-bopping beats and a rough-and-ready delivery. Nice. (NV) 4/5

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