It’s frequently a nice surprise when a singer’s voice comes off as a bit mismatched with the genre in which it’s been placed, but there’s something to be said for a voice that just perfectly embodies the ethos of their music. Ian Felice’s crackling timbre definitely falls into the latter category, and to great effect. The Felice Brothers, which features his actual brother James on accordion and keys, return with Life in the Dark, another collection of folk both earnest and tongue-in-cheek. The album leads off with the fun wordplay of “Aerosol Ball” before delving into the downtrodden waltz of “Jack at the Asylum.” The thoughtfully plucked electric guitar in “Triumph ‘73” immediately gets its counterpoint in the following track, “Plunder,” whose distorted riffs and unfortunate anecdotes illustrate the album’s comfortingly loose production, while highlighting Ian Felice’s penchant for Guthrie and Dylan-esque lyrics like: “They say that only 80 men/ own more than half the world/ I had a dream they spread it around/ I ended up in the mental ward.” “Sally!” is a hoedown of an interlude that splits the album in half, time-wise, and makes way for the traditional ballad quality of “Diamond Bell,” which features an engaging, cascading interplay of accordion and fiddle. “Sell the House,” the album’s encore, rounds out the record in satisfying, sing-along style.