Managing to evoke both pastoral landscapes and urban blight, hippy-dippy wistfulness and disciplined musicality, hipster chic and burnout naïveté, An Awesome Wave is a badass study in bricolage, not to mention radical jams. Though the psychedelia can be heavy-handed at first (harmonized a cappella bleating? On track two?), the songs save the day. See: the dizzying arrangements on "Breezeblocks"; the unexpected jauntiness of "Something Good"; the warm glow of "Ms." With melodies buried like lice in hippy hair, the record continues to unfold with each successive listen. Positive vibes, man.