FROZEN STARS

Love this album; the long wait was worth it Same quality as their debut album, much refined. Keep changing my mind about which track I like best: two short pieces, On Second Story and Down Autumn Hill, are lyrical, mellow?great interludes. Pulled in by energetic Driving Down the Golden Highway, I zeroed in on Up Autumn Hill and Elysian Fields; later appreciating Perry Smith and Splinters. It's clever the way the album is carefully laid out. Couldn't complete this without mentioning the drumming: it's more sophisticated on this album, integral to the musicality of several tracks. As is the penetrating violin on two tracks.