Verbs

Sophomore record from acclaimed Portland experimental pop collective, which in its swirling depths and subtleties, promises to be one of this year's most satisfying surprises. Verbs is padded out with contributions from nearly 30 collaborators, a list which includes members of Yellow Swans, Parenthetical Girls, and Evolutionary Jass Band, among many others - inadvertently resulting in a strange and singular snapshot of the city's famously sprawling musical community. The resulting record seamlessly segues through new and unlikely ecstatic extremes with an arresting economy.