Rafter - 10 Songs

Opening with “Bicycle,” Rafter’s Ten Songs moves from that relatively lively track into a hypnotic soundscape that only picks back up with track seven, “My Friend the Crow.” The final songs on the album then provide the listener with a more upbeat counterpart to the album’s early to middle sections. Ethereal and at times barely registering, it bears comparison to Radiohead’s Kid A. And much like that signature album, Rafter’s is not one you put on to get the party started, but instead to provide background music while you read, write or smoke up. [asthmatickitty.com]