The moody and liminal second track “Just A Hum,” as well as several others, put the brakes on any supposed silly optimism, ...

Balancing the strum of acoustic guitars with layers of distortion, fuzz and synth, West Max is a band with an experimental ...

though it largely tends to lean toward a pop-country genre that has seemingly stagnated in its ability to provide novel ...

On "The Gem" Jacklin sings about love and companionship balanced against the freedom of being alone with a little bit of God thrown in for good measure.

The Social Reckoning is far more procedural than its predecessor, and it doesn't feel as fresh or divertly entertaining ...