Hank Sullivant’s Catholic conversion looms large over Kuroma’s fourth LP—but not in the way you might expect. Instead of plastering his psychedelic pop with grandiose church organs and pompous choirs, he’s channeled that newfound spiritual freedom into lyrics that equate the ordinary with the divine. “Reality hurts/ even when you’re given the delights of the Earth,” he croons over baroque strings and flute trills on starry-eyed love song “Perfect Girl,” like a hippie Sunday school teacher who spiked the holy water with LSD. Sullivant employs a cosmic sweetness throughout The Dark Horse Rides Again, mining the trembling guitar textures of shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine (“A Day With No Disaster”) and the Elephant 6 crew’s wistful haze (“A Curse of Mine”). But it’s strange that, after discovering his true self through religion, Sullivant’s tunes feel less personal—more obviously indebted to his influences. With its incessant, phased guitar throb and whispered vocals, “I’m the Kind” blurs the line between Kevin Shields homage and parody; the repetitive psychfunk vocal harmonies and rote electronic tones of “Uprising” come off like a ’90s of Montreal B-side. Still, Sullivant remains a pop craftsman, and the comparisons become irrelevant across a 12-track LP. For all its spiritual nods, his sharpest track is a simple reflection on youth: “I come from the city of Memphis, the birthplace of rock,” he reminds us on “Tennessee Walker.” As usual, he’s lived up to that mighty billing.