Joji in Bloomington, MN

Anomoanon
's
Joji
continues on the
country
-
folk
rock
path that the band, and all the Oldhams for that matter, have been forging since the beginning. One could always hear the ghosts of classic
country-rock
in
's music --
the Grateful Dead
and
the Band
shine through -- but on
it seems that the influence of classic
like
Neil Young
comes through, yet through the lens of
the Meat Puppets
, especially on tracks like
"Leap Alone,"
"Green Sea,"
and the wonderful closer,
"Bird Child."
And this works in
's favor -- driving music with an edge that you can get lost in. Some of the songs can be a bit jammy, but tracks like
"Mr. Train"
"After Than Before"
show an impressive
drive that solidifies and balances the wandering of the longer tracks on
.
add another decent release to their discography with
. ~ Francis Arres