Vetiver

Add Date: June 7 

Artist: Vetiver 

Album: The Errant Charm 

Label: Sub Pop 

Genre: Rock, folk pop 

Comments: The Errant Charm, the fifth LP from Vetiver, sees the band veering away from their folk roots and into pop territory, with the result landing somewhere in between. Long associated with the freak folk movement--both for their music and for bandleader Andy Cabic's friendship with Devendra Banhart, who played on some of Vetiver's early albums--they now seem to be pulling a little more inspiration from '60s pop, and a little less from that era's folk movement.

That's not to say that The Errant Charm will be mistaken for a Brian Wilson record, as Vetiver find a happy medium of psychedelic folk-tinged pop. A solid record overall; start with "Hard to Break", "Right Away" and "Wonder Why".