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San Francisco trio The Ebb And Flow combine post-rock, Krautrock, and prog-pop elements in an interesting and engaging way on this debut album. The songs are built on an instrumental framework of drums, guitar or bass, and vintage keys like Farfisa and Moog. A couple of the tracks utilize additional instrumentation like cello and Herb Alpert-esque trumpet to good effect. I like the way the opening track, the two-part epic "Sonorous," starts out with with melodica and a decidedly dubby direction, but then takes a left turn toward pop before taking several other twists. This is typical of the album: the more challenging, genre-based influences are balanced out by an accessible pop sensibility. Closing track "Sweet Southern Harmony" includes a spoken-word appearance from the late Bob Moog, holding forth on his analog philosophy. Truly this band are disciples of a vintage sensibility. (mike.10.05)
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