Cass McCombs is hands down one of THE GREATEST young indie singer/songwriters out there and his sublime new album Catacombs finds the cult fave stripping back completely from his jaw-droppingly phenomenal 2008 album, Dropping The Writ.

The sound may be simpler (just like the fans like it apparently) but like Dropping The Writ, Catacombs still possesses that rare ability to attack both the listener’s heart with its melodies and textures, and head with its transparency, poetry and themes. This is wisdom, romance and mischief wrapped up in beautiful, sleepy, dusty musical amazement that’s as much for the stately as lost souls on skid row.