Heartmind

Over the course of two decades, Cass McCombs has taken great pains to elude easy narratives and easy analysis—the California-born singer-songwriter doesn’t like to stay in one place for too long. On *Heartmind*, his 10th studio LP, McCombs remains true to form, expertly slipping between double-knotted rock (“Music Is Blue”), rootsy epics (“Unproud Warrior,” featuring vocals from Wynonna Judd), Latin psych (“Krakatau”), gentle free jazz (the haunting closer), and iridescent power-pop (“Karaoke,” one of his best tunes to date). All of it sounds like him and him alone.

Across a casually sublime album, Cass McCombs is at his most confident and intentional, constantly returning to the imagery of music and the casualties of a life devoted to making and sharing art.

Remarkably, Heartmind coheres into a seamless album despite cruising unpredictably from the angularly crunchy King Crimson/Tortoise post-prog-rock blend of Music Is Blue to the heavy-lidded, liquid flow of the title tracks extended cosmic jam (with hints of the ageless beauty of John Martyns Small Hours) via the percussive calypso vibes of Krakatau.

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