An essential piece of Josh and Joel Meadows’ post-Sugargliders musical evolution, Branches & Fronds… sees the brothers at their most confessional (‘Guilty Spring’), most abandoned (‘Song for Today’) and most complex (‘Morrell Bridge’). The mini-album ends with an 8-minute tale of small town innocence lost (‘Trying too hard’) which is reminiscent of the long, mesmeric songs of Unrest, Yo La Tengo, Felt and the High Llamas.