, the full-length studio debut from singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/ co-founder, and and touring member ( ), delivers a trippy, intensely melodic set of nine cosmic chamber rock songs that fall somewhere between the classically minded indie pop of , , and the grandiose, gravity-defying psych-bombs that the have been dropping since the . Like and the aforementioned 's a violinist by trade, and his bow tricks and intricate arrangements provide stand-out cuts like the apocalyptic "Atticus, In the Desert," the effusive, Afro-pop-kissed "Bright Whites," and the swirling, epic closer "Beat the Bright Out of Me" with enough gravitas to withstand their many quirks. ~ James Christopher Monger