#1568 M. Ward - Transistor Radio

M. Ward's stuff is awfully slight, that same quaver, that same unassuming instrumentation, nothing to stir the silk sheet, summer breeze // winter snow soft prettiness. There's something admirable about that dedication to craft, that unwillingness to swerve into gimmicks, but he manages one hook that's really, really great every few years. This time around its Hi-Fi, cushioned in plenty of his usual pillowy bliss 3/5