Breakfast In Fur: Flyaway Garden

Ryan Reed on March 10, 2015

Breakfast In Fur originated as a lo-fi experiment in a New York bedroom, with songwriter Dan Wolfe crafting dense soundscapes from children’s toys and accordion drones. But he’s elevated that meandering psych-rock approach on debut LP Flyaway Garden, using an expanded palette to explore the cosmos. Working with songwriter Kaitlin Van Pelt, four instrumentalists and producer Kevin McMahon (Real Estate, Swans), Wolfe churns out sleepy-eyed, indie-rock riffs (“Setting Stone”) and ethereal dream-pop melodies (“Sun Catcher”). What makes the band so compelling is how they expand these familiar ideas—take the buzzing Indian strings and folk-prog flute that adorn “Lifter,” or the backward guitar drones and electronic explosions that disrupt the otherwise peaceful “Cripple Creek Ferry.” Breakfast in Fur’s future feels limitless.

Artist: Breakfast In Fur
Album: Flyaway Garden
Label: Bar/None