When not lost in naked optimism and irritatingly peppy good cheer (“Every note is an unfinished song / We’re all in a cosmic sing-along” goes one sickly sweet number), Cryptacize artfully navigate the dusty corners of naive rock, a semi-dormant genre whose line runs from the Velvet Underground through Beat Happening and the Juno soundtrack. This new band — prominently featuring Kill Rock Stars alum Nedelle Torrisi — never sinks into blatant oversimplicity, and the results are pleasant and intermittently exciting.
