Second album syndrome can be harsher on those acts that made their name with music that at it’s core is based on a furious kind of energy, not just a bit of a Skittles-based sugar rush but a full-on, “flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs with a Saxophone” sound. Bands like Love Is All. What to do next? A move to more introspective terrain would be denying what you really are, and stripping away the heavier moments will in all likelihood disenfranchise early followers. The answer: pretty much more of the same.For some bands repeating yourself would be a sign to stop right there but as the band launch into the clattering spazzed out ‘New Beginnings’ it just feels right. All the elements that made the band an attractive proposition in the first place are still there; squalling demented blasts of Sax, frantic drumming and of course Josephine Olausson’s reverb drenched screeches.‘Give It Back’ has more than a hint of Madness about it and is reminiscent of fantastic early single ‘Spinning and Scratching’. The real joy of Love Is All is that everything is so frenetic and full of energy that it just carries you along with it. While travelling across London with this on it was almost impossible not to start marching down corridors a pace quicker, running up stairs and drumming on handrails like, well like someone you wouldn’t really want to stand next to on the tube.Olausson also has a nice line in dry wit and there is a kind of resigned wisdom and engaging self deprecation in the likes of ‘Last Choice’ (“I’m not your kind, And you’re not mine but for tonight you’ll have to do”). 'Sea Sick' also manages such ridiculous lyrical gems as; “the breakfast was an impressive spread/but not enough to get me out of bed!” which somehow works. Admittedly such simplicity doesn’t always succeed, the chorus of ‘Movie Romance’ being a case in point (“I laugh in the face of movie romance/cos’ against this they don’t stand a chance). Only ‘Wishing Well’ strays just over the line marked “definitely too twee” with it’s irksome keyboard riff and ‘When Giants Fall’ slows the pace and comes over all J&MC but features some nifty “ba ba” backing vocals.A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night is an enjoyable throwaway listen that doesn’t ever seek to promise more than it delivers. Fans of Screaming Tea Party or indeed fans of Love Is All are unlikely to be disappointed but whether the band can manage to keep this level of energy up or get away with keeping the same template for another record remains to be seen. 71%