Ian Blevins is the keeper of the jewel in the crown. This is his second offering for the ESP Institute. Picking up right where we left off, side A unleashes another explosive big room belter with Resum�a driving rhythmic monster that takes advantage of the whips and cracks in Ian�s drum machine arsenal, while warm chords lay a foundation for a quirky lead melody and rubbery pulse to dance upon. Akin to Hannibal, Blevins� ESP Institute debut in 2015, the arrangement here toys with us before revealing the true guts of the track�this time characterized halfway through by a punctuating gangster piano hook. On side B, Poor Old Head utilizes Ian�s signature drum styling we�ve come to adore, but here he establishes swells of melancholy via bending notes that meow and purr, beautifully ebbing and flowing though an array of incongruous dial tones and bells�shakey and barely out of sync, yet cradling a loosely drawn chord progression. These two songs will smack you up before they rub you down.