In a world of "slow" movements that rail against mindless consumption, rock survivalists Windsor for the Derby represent "slow"music. For their latest outing, they began with a set of seemingly infinite drones and loops inspired by their early beginnings as a band. As those recordings were passed back and forth, the sounds were further sculpted by DanMatz and Jason McNeely into their own leftfield brand of pop song. This became Against Love. While they experimented with more formalized rock structures on their past few albums, Against Love finds the balance between experimentation and rock traditionmore heavily skewed toward the former. The songs are filled with tried & true conventions; some with pedal steel and acoustic guitar ("Dull Knives," ... read more