Wye Oak: Civilian – review

The third album from Wye Oak boasts many of the same dream-pop textures deployed by fellow Baltimore boy/girl duo Beach House, but theirs is a more varied sound, with greater use of light and shade. "Holy Holy" is built on a Sister -era Sonic Youth riff, while the title track rides a galloping beat until guitarist/vocalist Jenn Wasner breaks loose with a squall of guitar noise that's as unexpected as it is thrilling. The almost hymnal "We Were Wealth" and "Doubt", by contrast, are beautifully realised exercises in restraint.