Précis is a debut album, but it’s hardly the work of a rookie.  Full text...

On Precis, his mostly excellent Kranky debut, the young songsmith sings in a handsome, low-toned croon over muse-addled songs of nascent heartache.  Full text...

Pioulard is as compositionally solid as Max Richter or as playfully complex as Mark Mothersbaugh. His cluttered, dense mixes are what he truly has in common with the Califones and Brightblacks of the world.  Full text...

It’s a solid debut, but the big question is where he’s headed with all this. He could either go the route of Kevin Shields, further drowning himself in layered cloudiness, or he could be touring with Sufjan Stevens next year. It’s a total toss-up…  Full text...