Mates of State - Re-Arrange Me

I never noticed before that Mates of State sound a bit like the New Pornographers; then again, it's probably on this, their latest, that the resemblance is most obvious. I imagine that it's still just the two of them (husband + wife, infamously), but the sound is fuller, facilitated by an instrument change-up, meaning that the whole record has more of a richness to it and its best songs ("The Re-Arranger" and "Blue and Gold Print" in particular) pack more of an immediate punch than before. They're not a band to set my world on fire, especially given that I haven't especially been feeling things 'twee' of late, but in a small, unassuming way, they do make it a slightly better place.