The universe smiles upon you

"While The Universe Smiles Upon You often slides by, frictionless, on grooves and guitars that sound like they've been doused in Vaseline, don't be tricked for a moment into thinking that it qualifies as easy listening ... Embracing the grand open skies of rural Texas and the lurid neon of Bangkok in one fell swoop, The Universe Smiles Upon You succeeds not because of the exotic nature of its influences, but the tact with which it incorporates them into its own mesmerizing universe".