Going to the Bone Church

Review

Abandoning much of the self-consciously provocative trappings of his other primary musical outlet (Joan of Arc), Tim Kinsella's band Make Believe sticks to jumpy indie-guitar wonk he's loved for. The core of Going to the Bone are spastic clean guitar blasts and Kinsella's off-key chortling -- keys to the Make Believe sound (and, in fact, most other recent projects from the bandmembers: Owls, Ghost & Vodka) since their first album, Shock of Being in 2005.

Dipping in and out of dissonance, the tracks here aren't meant to be sonic salves. There are, though, pleasantly open-spaced moments here: see the skipping guitar n' organ on "Garden Stencil," the plaintive Wowee Zowee-esque "(I Can't Understand) Satisfaction" and the spare album closer "People Laughing."