The Elected - Sun Sun Sun (New CD)

The rope-strong luminous follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2004 debut ME FIRST. Recorded while singer/songwriter Balke Sennett was on tour with his other band, Rilo Kiley, the album is propelled by the kind of unsettled, exploratory impetus that's only native to the American open road. While portions of the album were recorded in studios, Sennett recorded and produced the majority of his creations in environments he was passing through. The dichotomy between felling competely at home and at the same time homeless on the road fuels Sennett's biting, reflective lyricism and grand sweeping compositions.