If anyone thought that Luke Temple’s foray into bandom was done after last year’s release on Western Vinyl, they should think again. It seems like the guy likes his new moniker and the company that comes along with being in a band; the group swelled to a five-piece, played to humongous crowds at Bonnaroo, and just a few listens to the Brooklynites’ new LP for Secretly Canadian proves that Temple and his crew are sticking around for a spell.

The first four tracks would hint that Here We Go Magic are about to embark on a pop music magic carpet ride. “Hibernation” and “Collector” both feature a hyperactive bass line and the former’s breathy vocals are tracked over organ whisps and whirls, while the latter is easily Pigeons’ most uptempo track. Still, there’s more to the story, and they actually cover a slew of sonic terrain over the album’s 47 minutes. The rest of the album is a pleasant cool down that culminates with a pair of songs that suggest the band is either looking for, or refusing to be pigeonholed into, a signature sound.

They explore different time signatures (“Casual”), low-fi drum programming (“Moon”), and earnest storytelling (“Bottom feeder”) over the next 22 minutes, but Here We Go Magic hit their stride on “F.F.A.P.” – the album’s brightest and most promising track. The four-minute cut is a sprawling, swirling blend of Pigeons’s best parts and features the best lyrics on the eleven-track offering.

Spaced out harmonies and atmospheric guitar provide the backdrop as Temple offers frank observations like, “Now you are here/Father/Provider/Brilliant idea for coming inside her” alongside scathing critiques on a “priest with a straw of holy water/going right up his nose.” If this is what Here We Go Magic has the potential to sound like, then expect at least a few more albums from this crew because there’s obviously a lot of sound to be covered between the five of them.

The album’s greatest strength comes in its vast array or styles, and the last offerings on the band’s sophomore effort may be a sign that they could go in any direction for their next one. “Vegetable or Native” is a vocal round that features blend of organic percussion and programmed electronic noise, while “Herbie I Love You, Now I Know” sees Here We Go Magic flexing their experimental muscles just hard enough to suggest that their best – and weirdest – is yet to come.