Strangers to Ourselves

Marking the band's return after an eight-year hiatus, 'Strangers to Ourselves' is a sprawling, sonically dense album that expands upon the band's characteristic jerky indie-rock with a wider palette of strings, horns, and synthesizers. Isaac Brock’s songwriting continues to fixate on humanity's destructive relationship with nature and societal alienation, presented through a polished but instrumentally layered production. The record's ambitious and eclectic collection of individual tracks was met with a mixed reception, praised for its experimental moments and mature refinement but also viewed by some as less cohesive than the band's previous efforts.