A Place to Land in Bloomington, MN

Dakota Moon
doesn't change too much on their second album,
A Place to Land
, again working with producer
Andrew Logan
and again going for a somewhat uncanny synthesis of early-2000s
urban pop
and '70s
soft rock
. The album-opening title track is perhaps the most typical
moment on the album, sounding like half
Backstreet Boys
and half
Eagles
. The foursome then go straight into their most sexually charged song on the album,
"Keeps Me Comin' (Addiction),"
an album highlight that seems a little out of character for this otherwise well-mannered group. Overall, there aren't too many surprises here.
may have not stormed up the
Billboard
charts with their debut album, but that album was generally seen as a success. So it's perhaps not that surprising that
tried to duplicate the success of their debut, working again with
Logan
as the producer and retaining that uncanny synthesis of early-2000s
. ~ Jason Birchmeier