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Well, Jon Iverson has listened and he says he hears nothing ground-breaking here, but he does admire what the band is doing. He feels that they exhibit a mastery of their influences, which include Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and the Beach Boys.Jon's musical frame of reference is enormous and deep, so I trust him. However, I do wonder if there is any ground left to break. Maybe there can only be new combinations of old things, maybe a mastery of influences is the best we can hope for.Jon adds that a band like the Beach Boys had their own musical references, but they sounded like no one else to a greater degree than, for instance, Grizzly Bear.