Six years after its last album, the instrumental rock band returns with Chalice Hymnal. There is motivation and uncertain triumph in Grails' latest imaginary story.
On the lead single and video from Canyons Of My Mind, Combs connects the environmentalist folk-pop of Don McLean with the dystopian mood-setting of Radiohead.
Hoop's songs burst with ideas: They're as strange and smart and heartfelt as they are gorgeous. Memories Are Now further showcases her enviable capacity to surprise.