The ghosts in Rademacher 's machine come not from gadget wizardry but from the group's Fresno forefathers, Pavement. There are hints of Stephen Malkmus brightening the corners of frontman Malcolm Sosa's quirky delivery -- although Sosa's a bit more of an earnest soul. "Everything that you've touched in my house/ Everything that you've touched is on my front lawn/ But still I've got this feeling in my heart," he admits on the curdled-love ballad "I've Rearranged." The band's second EP, Ice Age, contrasts its title by glowing with breezy, playful indie pop. Here even conflicted emotions are expressed with ebullience, lifted by sunny melodies and carnival cabaret waltzes/barroom singalongs (as on "Playing for Fun"). The act's pastoral aesthetic adds a slight Americana texture to these four tracks, each of which threatens to linger long after the last notes fade away.