- Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
This US band have one foot in the "freak folk" scene blazed by Devendra Banhart, all chiming guitars, fey melodies and pastoral moods. The other foot is planted in early- 1970s prog rock. No sooner have they established an atmosphere of sweet harmony, say on "Gravelly Mountains of the Moon ", than they veer off into odd time signatures, guitar discord and vocal dementia. With Afrobeat and funk also on the menu, this third album proper is an odd and not entirely convincing experiment, but those looking to explore beyond the anodyne harmonies of Fleet Foxes may well have found their grail.