Bright and jangly at its core, his is still an identifiable sound guitarists seek to emulate.

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Other factors that make "Hatari" particularly thorny to navigate: jangly strumming, jarring cuts, found-sound epilogues, Swahili lyrics.

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The album's title track bubbles luxuriantly, as a bass guitar chugs along with the infectious melody and jangly guitars swim above.

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Playing jangly rock with frantic intensity and lusty vocals, White Rabbits' members draw inspiration from disparate sources like calypso and ska along the way.

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"Do It Better" follows that formula to perfection: Awash in jangly guitars, warm synths and a straight-ahead danceable pulse, the music is plenty infectious.

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In a fair world Crenshaw would be richer than Katy Perry and his sharp, jangly, immaculately constructed guitar pop would play from every car radio.

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But they complicate the mix by throwing in some jangly, uptempo sing-alongs, all of which makes their latest CD, Good Things Come and Go Like Bad Things an intriguing listen.

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