The music of Private Eleanor, who hail from the underdog city of Baltimore, has been called everything from “whisper-folk-pop” to “infectious indie-rock” to “moody, progressive pop.” At various points, they manage to conjure Mojave 3 produced by Wilco, or Simon & Garfunkel fronting the Dismemberment Plan, or Yo La Tengo tackling your favorite Neil Young and Big Star songs. Sweethearting, the band’s fourth full-length record, is the most confident and direct effort yet in a critically-acclaimed body of work stretching back to their lo-fi cassette days at the beginning of the decade.

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