Cut The Cord

After albums as pleasing as Plays One Sound and Others and Red River, the core trio of vocalist and songwriter Aaron Blount, singer Laura Krause, and pedal steel player Bill McCullough, Knife in the Water open this record with "Village Fireworks". It's a tune that ventures out just a bit more into unknown territory courtesy of a '70s sounding keyboard that is subtly placed in spots. The jazz-like percussion and Radiohead-esque effects are unique for this group, as it sounds like they're performing in traffic in the latter half of the tune. The country tinge is generally non-existent on this song. "This world will float above itself / And sure show it's fucked itself", Blount sings, a couplet that says so much with so little.