Nathan Williams is a SoCal kid with a sense of humor matching his talent: embedding a third “v” into his band name for album No. 2’s title, he also repeats a few song titles (just the titles) from his months-old debut, just to confuse us. Sheer pop exuberance, buried or not, drives the teen angst-filled “No Hope Kids,” and “So Bored” shares all the potential of the finest Pavement song, with a layer or two of added murk. The last half of “Gun In the Sun” features solid garage band guitar riffs butting up against a distortion-encrusted wall of noise, while “Beach Demon” yields a great repeated, buzz saw guitar at the end. “Weed Demon” is almost pretty, shimmering in its nakedness: stripped of layers of grime, the glassy ooh-aah vocals and strummed guitars reveal Williams’ pure pop heart. You’ll want to pogo in the basement with “California Goths” and “To the Dregs” turned up to 10. And as if that weren’t enough, this iTunes version includes the self-titled single from the debut album, “Wavves,” which almost tops “No Hope Kids” and “So Bored” in the must-have department. It’s a tough call.
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