“On 2001's *American Scene*, Ashley Park were the lesser, naïve cousins of such variegated indie-pop bands as Beulah and every band Sasha Bell ever joined, content to simply emulate those they admired. Dawdling in what heartier music fans might affectionately call "puss-rock," Ashley Park doused their second album in barrelfuls of feyness, sullenness, aloofness, and non-alcoholic white wine. Their ”
