The Massachusetts-raised singer-songwriter’s second album exudes a quiet intensity, slipping between gentle indie rock and barely-there folk songs with bottomless vulnerability.
Returning home to Humboldt after 20 years of roaming, Ben Chasny finds new connections between the modes—fingerpicked guitar, hushed folk, experimental noise—that have long crisscrossed his work.
Eleven years since their last album and nine since keyboardist Carey Lander’s death, the beloved Scottish indie-poppers return with an appealing balance of fond memories and fresh energy.