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AllMusic Staff Pick: Foxwarren Foxwarren

A rare case in which the band is the side project of the better-known solo artist, Andy Shauf reconstituted a group of college friends to record this eponymous release following his second solo album. Sharing a certain soft-footed, pastoral indie rock sensibility with the frontman, the set carries a dreamy, gently trippy quality that persists through occasional Crosby, Stills & Nash-type vocal harmonies, jammy passages, and even distortion. While off-kilter, it's irresistibly comforting, like the feeling of the pull of sleep. When closer "Give It a Chance" adds the steady pulse of crickets to the mix, it almost seems unfair.