Rivulets -- Nathan Amundson's solo musical project -- is basically dusty bedroom folk music, although Amundson is an artist of the best slowcore tradition and crafts his songs with a cool and careful ambience. Of course, this might have something to do with him coming from Alaska, a land not especially renowned for its warmth, or it might have to do with his friendship with Low's Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. Sure enough, Rivulets' music echoes a bit of Low's sound; like them, Amundson is good at using a conscientiousness that almost becomes a mystic gravity, as well as minimizing fits of rapture for a raw-to-the-bone expression. However, Amundson's influences are much wider than the usual Codeine / Red House Painters / Low comparisons, as some of his references are closer to the drone of psychedelic indie and avant garde experimentalism than to punishing gospel music. Rivulets' latest EP, "You've Got Your Own," is sensational, featuring what is probably the most focused Rivulets to date: five compelling songs, stemming from a guitar with old wood reminiscences and haunted vocals bordering between whispers and agonic vibrations. His heartfelt emotion is accompanied by gorgeous vocal chorus reinforcements, airy suspended chords, and tense sonic storms. Five all-new songs, comparable to Mark Hollis, Neil Halstead, Nick Drake, Richard Youngs, and the Cure.