“Jade Tree” Archives

Rocinate is not without its weaknesses, but those only come as a result, I think, of being too ambitious.

A stripped down album that reveals the honesty and beauty at the core of Ester Drang’s music.

A concept album that reveals the lives of the supposedly righteous for the moral travesties they really are.

This is the wonderful sound of a rock band that sounds like a machine you’re afraid to get close to for fear your shirt might catch in the gears and your arms will get ripped off.

David Bazan’s songwriting has never been better than on this album but the emotional and spiritual depth feels strangely underwhelming.