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“The Kindling” is a 6 song cycle that’s epic in scope but casual in execution; the songs sound as if built from monumental foundations, yet are played with such languid ease that one feels the rise and fall of the ocean with every turn of phrase and stroke of the guitar. The music that the primary trio of Bentley Anderson, Taylor Davis, and Brady Sansone compose is steeped in the post-rock sounds of 90’s guitar bands like Come or modern day Sonic Youth acolytes Tall Firs, with their wandering guitar passages that tunnel and spiral rather than pummel and rock. Brady Sansone (also a member of improv-doomers Heavy Winged) compliments Bentley’s de-tuned guitar patterns with long slides of the lap steel and textural feedback that provide a lysergic vibe to many of the key songs. Drummer Taylor Davis moves the band with an effortless swing. His syncopated marches and swelling cymbal washes help maintain the fluidity of movement in the music, as well as frame the eerie drones that Bentley and Brady pull from their instruments. The grayscale hues that the band favor in tandem with the spacious sound of the music conjures images of winter skies over tumultuous seas and panoramas of breathtaking landscapes. Bentley’s songs are meditations in melancholy, recalling the spirit of pysch-folk pioneers Fairport Convention and the guitar prowess of Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny. There is an austere calmness in his voice that can be warm and smokey or cold and visceral, and thou