Frankly, Below the Branches is so solid that for this reviewer there are no regrets. Every last song is a multi-faceted kaleidoscope with its own individual, blue-green powers. Some people may disdain Below the Branches for not being sleek enough; not a single track sounds as if it were produced after 1972, nor is there any of the current indie high-fashion discordance present. And perhaps that is why it comes as such a relief. Despite all of its lofty influences, there will never be another album quite like this. There will never be a wave of Kelley Stoltz imitators and imposters...no one else today could make this record. Thank God for Kelley Stoltz.
Reviewed by Megan Giddings
This review is also posted on The Modern Pea Pod.
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