Cardinal

If you think the aforementioned elements might provide some sort of musical reference point, you're wrong. This record is a truly unique, odd piece of pop. There are moments where Sebadoh-like harmonies emerge from behind puffy clouds of piano discourse and brassy trumpet and trombone swirls. Vocals and generally sparse music reveal the kind of stiff, earnest pop the two gentlemen on the cover of the disc seem quite capable of making. Imagine Syd Barrett, had he not discovered the joys of bathing in LSD. --Adem Tepedelen