Rendezvous opens with the ingeniously simple "Malibu Love Nest," which features soft, driving guitar-strumming that swells on slide guitar accents. Other songs like "Speedbumps" and the reverb attack of "Astronaut" reflect a similar guitar sound, augmented by ambient effects. The dreamy "Cindy Tastes of Barbecue" and "The Owl & the Pussycat" offer a softer sound that seems to capture the breezy feel of a night under palm trees on a Hawaiian beach. Rendezvous reveals Luna not trying so damn hard for tight, sweet pop confections. -- Hans Morgenstern