=========================================================================== Better Part of Vice =========================================================================== Title : Better Part of Vice Artist : Often the Thinker Genre : Post-Rock, Post-Jazz, Post-Country Released: 2016 Often the Thinker presents an unusual fusion of genres, writing post-rock tunes with jazz horn sections and country strings, like pedal steel and slide guitar. It seems like it wouldn't work all that well, but song after song on "Better Part of Vice" is fun, bombastic, intimate, and powerful. Songs like "Earnestness" and "Undercurrents" are full of sticky and slick slide guitar riffs, while songs like "Swan and Obscene and Bottle" tug at your heartstrings with emotional dynamic range and horn compositions. If you're looking for a fun "summer memories" kind of album, "Better Part of Vice" is just that. Favorite Tracks: Quarter or Half of Greater or Less, Earnestness, Swan and Obscene and Bottle