#3757 Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On

3.5/5 I can't tell you exactly what makes this feel like NMH. Something about the melodies, that lilt that weaves though the dreamed and the real, those moments where a chord hangs suspended in air and levitates you with it. And then there's that really direct quote 2/3 of the way through the opener. However you get there. It taps into something sentimental, unclear which tolls paid to get there. K and E6 and all the rest. It's not a knock exactly, but it inspired me wonder about the alchemy that lead to the greatest indie moments of a bygone half-generation; a fun journey but a bit of a distraction, but right pretty if you can see the forest for the trees