9.5
Comment: The Very Most, a sextet (being active since 2002) coming from Boise, Idaho, USA (as well as the hometown for the mesmerizing ambient/drone/experimental electronica project Eluder and downtempo collective ElectricWest (also as Electricwest), both overseen by Patrick Benolkin). However, this three-pieced set is a powerful and noble example of indie music merging various elements with each other derived from different epochs. Trilling jangle pop like the McCarthy; space pop and electronically patterned developments like Stereolab; hippie/junkie folk-naiveness a la Polyphonic Spree; the last track If Monday`d Never Come (a cover of the Brilliant At Breakfast`s track) is a galant cha-cha-cha-inflected independent outlook. Listen to and enjoy it.