Proud Graduates

Spokane's second full-length finds quietness abundant in the most unlikely places. Written and produced by Rick Alverson (former frontman for Virginia-based band Drunk), this record, like the Close Quarters EP recently released by Spain's Acuarela Records, is a more dynamic expansion of the terse, melancholic and at times minimal compositions explored on last year's debut full-length Leisure & Other Songs. Draws from influences as diverse as Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, The Cure and Galaxie 500.