For a band’s career, the second full-length album often proves to be rough water to cross. However, such is not the case for indie rockers You Blew It! who’ve recently released a strong sophomore effort with Keep Doing What You’re Doing.

The opening, “Match & Tinder,” properly sets the tone for the rest of the album with a beginning guitar riff that really packs a punch, and it just gets better from there. Even the second track, “Award of the Year Award,” proves a strong highlight with Tanner Jones’ impassioned and strained vocals that really tug at the heartstrings.

Working with Into It Over It’s Evan Weiss as a producer allowed the band to create a fuller sound then the one heard on their debut Grow Up, Dude. The guitars are louder, giving the album a more rock feel in the vein of Jimmy Eat World and the Foo Fighters, which is refreshing to listeners of the current indie rock scene; a scene that favors twinkly guitar parts.

Other highlights include “House Address,” a near five-minute epic that shows even the drum parts are tighter too. The songwriting proves itself here as well, with lyrics that nearly everyone can relate to and instrument arrangements that tingle the senses, while still maintaining a seamless flow from track to track throughout, that’s effortless and pleasurable to the ear.

You Blew It! has taken risks with this album, putting them on the map as a strong voice in the rock community that should get paid some attention. They’ve made steps in the right direction with their sound, indicating that the band should live up to their album’s name.