BRAIDS hit me like an infection. I heard the arpeggio guitar loop of Lemonade in a mashup and set about ravenously searching for what on earth it was. When I heard the song, I then looked for the album online. After hearing it once, I ordered the record, and then had it on constant repeat on my iPod for the next two weeks. And here, months later, after knowing every melody and every sound and every turn the music takes, the album constantly proves its staying power and ever-present freshness.