Written while touring behind 2008′s Moonbeams, Purpleface finds Scott Reitherman and his backing three-piece releasing a few songs for the masses, a four-song EP with a reworking of Moonbeams’ “Written in Heart Signs, Faintly” and ten and a half minutes of new material. The main factor differentiating these songs from the songs on Moonbeams is that these are a little spacier, a little more distant, and a little colder, although the thrift store aesthetic is still there. This more subdued side is worth investigating. Think of this as a supplemental disc to get sufferers of seasonal affective disorder through a short winter until the next summer romp. – Jason Lymangrover