
The chamber Americana sound of The Tide and the Current ebbs and flows as its intensity grows and shrinks. Fort Worth, Texas' Telegraph Canyon has a chamber Americana sound and endured endless comparisons to My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes. The band shows its own side, however, even if lead singer Chris Johnson is a dead ringer for Arcade Fire's Win Butler. On its sophomore release, The Tide and the Current, Telegraph Canyon brings quiet, innocuous lines into swelling, remarkable epiphanies. Soft chimes and a capella portions of songs give way to echoing, booming...