With
Forever So, Australian indie folk quartet
Husky present a collection of labored-over tunes, full of heart-on-the-sleeve sentiments and the combination of doe-eyed wonder and log-cabin existentialism that defines so much of the subsect of indie-based acoustic rock that followed freak folk. Opening with the softly building "Tidal Wave,"
Husky layer acoustic guitars, organs, shimmering electric guitar flourishes, and an ever-so-slightly psychedelic breakdown, resulting in the same kind of soul-searching arc
Fleet Foxes regularly achieve, only minus that group's signature spot-on harmonies. Much of the album's 13 tracks follow closely in the footsteps of an already established act, with nods to
Bon Iver,
Grizzly Bear, and
Midlake, and the entire album brims over with woodsy imagery and vague allusions to storms on the open sea, late-night city scenes, and uneasy emotional partings. ~ Fred Thomas