The Portland, OR-based trio of Tim Perry, Emil Snizeck, and Joe Kelly specializes in a slow, almost dreamy brand of guitar rock that sounds rustic but really isn’t, and that sometimes sounds world-weary but isn’t really that either, and that might occasionally fool you into thinking it’s ironic, but very definitely isn’t that. True, their songs tend to kind of plod along, and they tend to address fairly dire topics in their lyrics without sounding awfully concerned about them (sample couplet: “The very last thing I remember was this/Standing on the surface of a hollow abyss”). But don’t be fooled into thinking that this is some kind of shoegazer Americana band. Listen to the subtle but definite swing with which they deliver “Run Rebel” and, even better, the startlingly choral vocal harmonies on “Hazardous Movements.” “Love and Logic” doesn’t really go anywhere either musically or lyrically (“I had to see some things/In order to understand/That there are just some things/I never ever want to see again”) and one or two others are similarly lacking in substance below the surface, but overall this is an impressive debut. – Rick Anderson