Album Review: Lou Barlow - Brace The Wave

The king of lo-fi is back.

The ever-versatile Lou Barlow takes a break from return forays with old flings Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh and strips things back to their quiet essence for his third solo effort, Brace The Wave. Recorded on the fly with recent Dino Jr engineer Justin Pizzoferrato, the album's routinely sparse instrumentation —  featuring his trademark down-tuned ukulele — puts focus squarely on Barlow's melancholic worldview, which remains as intimate and rousing as his best Sentridoh work on tracks such as Nerve, Moving, Wave and Pulse. Lust in space.