Fate sees the Philadelphia-based quintet filtering the gamut of American popular music into its own idiosyncratic brand of blue-eyed, dilated pupil soul.
Dr. Dog manages to make an album that captures the organic spirit so important to the band while introducing layered vocal harmonies and textured instrumentation.
Combining the slowed the slowed down indie rock of Codeine and Duster with the melancholy gravitas of Mt. Eerie, Horse Jumper's songwriting is marked by expertly crafted minimalism.
Elaenia is a dazzling score which puts Shepherd in the spotlight as a composer who has produced an album that bridges the gap between his rapturous dance music and formative classical roots that draws upon everything Shepherd has done to date.
