Backward Masks

Imagine J. Mascis jamming with Galaxie 500. Envision My Morning Jacket produced by Phil Elverum. Jason Lyttle getting the Lambchop treatment. Now sit back and listen to Backward Masks, 12 sugary sweet lullabies from Athens GA's finest southern songsmiths, Summer Hymns. It's the last vestiges of sunlight as the sun fades away, it's a mint julep on a humid summer afternoon. Fans will recognize Backward Masks as the Summer Hymns record you always thought they'd make, the one they've hinted at for many moons. It is a record that emerges as if fresh from the womb, untainted. The songs don't hide behind reverb or elaborate production-in fact, it's as if they're pure enough that they wouldn't even know to hide their real, raw beauty.