Wayne Graham "Bastion" ReAction Figures Malkmus and crew seem to

Malkmus and crew seem to be heading in the same avant-pop direction as Built to Spill

Dre's 2001 and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

I Forgive You is not an album about forgiveness in the easy sense-where someone has hurt you and then suddenly there's a great reconciliation and a remorse-filled scene with two people running across the golden wheatfield towards an embrace that somehow undoes a lifetime of pain and damage

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Packaged with all new artwork in a gorgeous UV gloss-coated gatefold jacket with a 12-page lyric and photo booklet

Wayne Graham "Bastion" ReAction Figures Malkmus and crew seem toBastion is a sonic shift for the band, embracing their Appalachian roots, but bursting forward into indie rock sounds, from wall of sound guitars to listless shuffled rhythms, and sprinkled with avant garde and jazz influences. The album explores themes of the meaning of home, and the feeling of no longer belonging to a place you grew up in. Their songs crackle with energy, using folk and country as a foundation for fearless explorations of jazz,