Antenna

Frontman Stephen Brodsky's high, clear voice rides above the gigantic sheets of sound thrown out on "Stained Silver" and "Breath of Water", feedback-strewn epiphanies that hide their complexity under banks of gorgeous FX. The record's epic centrepiece is "Seafrost", though--a gigantic nine-minute piece that replaces pace with distorted, lurking basslines, proggy instrumental arrangements and a final three-minute descent into a beautiful, celestial wash of sound. A truly remarkable progression and a great album to boot--Antenna is the work of a band that's constantly moving forward for fear of moving back. --Louis Pattison