The third release by Essex Green is smart, hook-filled pop at its finest. Sweet sounds are tempered with lyrics that describe complex hopes and desires. None of it is cloying, thanks to smartly sympathetic arrangements that utilize some dozen additional players who float in as needed. The Brooklyn-based trio mixes the best elements of the past 40 years of American radio fare with a vaguely European sense of subtle dynamics. Vocal arrangements include everything from “oohs” and “aahs” to counter melody lines. Wisely eschewing the prevailing trend to print the lyrics, these three force listeners to let fractured glimpses slowly assemble into a whole.