Metal Mountains, Golden Trees.

Those who still carp that Radiohead have never looked back to OK Computer should wise up and start looking elsewhere. Metal Mountains is as good a place as any—winding gentle journeys into smart soundscapes of reflective meditative. Misty but not zoned out. Psychedelic violin sounds from indie rock’s string accompanist of choice Samara Lubelski mingle with the spacy guitar and demure vocals of Helen Rush (of proto-neo-folkies Tower Recordings) and the atmospheric guitar of P.G. Six himself, Patrick Gubler. Heck, it’s ALL atmospheric. Seals up every crack with plaintive swoops.