Melted Toys lost the tracks to their original debut album on a BART train in San Francisco, leading the group and their fans to frustration. The group relocated to Los Angeles, and its singer/guitarist Steven Harkins went to Beijing, Tokyo, and Taipei where he rewrote half the album. The band credit their admiration for ‘80s postpunkers Felt for their sleepy, lower-fi, vocally obscure mixes. Melted Toys stick to rudimentary but lush patchworks, with “A Postcard” featuring vocals you can almost discern. “Blush” lets you hear the melody line, and “Always,” “Water Arches,” and “Citrus Honeymoon” suggest a good set of headphones will yield a few words. Vocals here, however, are meant to lurk in the shadows, best to let the abstract instrumentation settle into a hypnotic haze, such as on “Bummed Out,” “Horizons,” and “Joy Fit.” Somber stretches meet with vaguely happy-sounding pop moves, including “Observations,” where the Toys nearly sound like a normal guitar-synth-pop group from 1983.