Most artists are content to stick with the formula they're known for, changing as much (or as little) as they think they can get away with - but Louis XIV are not most artists.

In fact, on their new album, Slick Dogs and Ponies, the San Diego-based quartet has headed into new sonic terrain. It's a bigger, bolder, more ambitious record that shows the

band's growth and evolution while also staying true to their innovative take on modern music. With an unusual willingness to look deeply within themselves, both personally and as a

band, Louis XIV have dug deep to create an unflinchingly honest album that elevates their musical inventiveness and annihilates whatever limitations they thought they had.