Rot Forever

Rot Forever, the debut double album from Portland band Sioux Falls, swells from indie rock into six- or seven-minute epics, like early Modest Mouse or Built to Spill. At 72 minutes, the album is too long, but they have the energy and gravity to support this kind of cinematic ambition; the band plays as if they are trying very hard to pull something up through the earth.

Rot Forever, the debut double album from Portland band Sioux Falls, swells from indie rock into six- or seven-minute epics, like early Modest Mouse or Built to Spill. At 72 minutes, the album is too long, but they have the energy and gravity to support this kind of cinematic ambition; the band plays as if they are trying very hard to pull something up through the earth.