Pete Silberman, frontman and former soloman of the Antlers made his releasing cathartic folk wrapped in ambient textures. Hospice, the project’s breakthrough, was heart wrenching, concept heavy, whisper quiet, and sonically (minus the track Bear) and lyrically devastating. Last year’s Burst Apart, however, saw him, following the addition of another multi-instrumentalist and drummer, shifting from that lyric-heavy catharsis and more fully into the ambience.

Rolled Together, was the most extreme example with a running time of nearly five minutes and only two verses.

Undersea however pushes it even further. Synths swirl in atonal waves, guitars slide through reverb, trumpets wail softly through their mutes, bass lines bump along with the drums (Crest’s rhythm section even flirts with dubstep), and all of these nearly drown the vocals, which beg no attention away from the atmospheric wash surrounding them. There are only four tracks, but each of them are single-worthy, and the twenty-two and a half minutes (almost Weezer’s Green Album) they fill are stuffed with some of the best music you’ll hear these days. In fact, I like it so much, I’m going to flip it over.