Cardinal [CD]

After a number of different EPs and years of touring, Montclair, New Jersey’s Pinegrove have offered their finest work to date on their debut LP, Cardinal. The band’s captivating blend of indie rock, pop and country elements is more vivid, fine-tuned and addictive than ever before. Painting his emotions onto these songs with colorful and kinetic strokes, vocalist and guitarist Evan Stephens Hall moves through Cardinal’s eight songs with an unforgettable energy and passion, with a vocal performance that is pleasantly reminiscent of Will Oldham and Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch.