After a number of different EPs and years of touring, Montclair, New Jerseyâ€™s Pinegrove have offered their finest work to date on their debut LP, Cardinal. The bandâ€™s captivating blend

Cardinal

After a number of different EPs and years of touring, Montclair, New Jerseyâ€™s Pinegrove have offered their finest work to date on their debut LP, Cardinal. The bandâ€™s captivating blend of indie rock, pop and country elements is more vivid, fine-tuned and addictive than ever before. Painting his emotions onto these songs with colorful and kinetic strokes, vocalist and guitarist Evan Stephens Hall moves through Cardinalâ€™s eight songs with an unforgettable energy and passion, with a vocal performance that is pleasantly reminiscent of Will Oldham and Built to Spillâ€™s Doug Martsch. Highlighted by the downtrodden nostalgia of twangy opener â€œOld Friendsâ€ and the climactic refrain of â€œSize of the Moon,â€ where the confession â€œI donâ€™t know what Iâ€™m afraid of,â€ is just as much of a sing-a-long as it is an emotional breakdown, moods donâ€™t stay in one place for very long on Cardinal - they are carefully crafted and revisited throughout to continually evoke the albumâ€™s central themes of memory, longing and deep introspection.

Cardinal