It's been five years since Chris Spino and Coma Girls have released anything more than singles. This set is a scant four songs (doubling last year's "Smoking Gun"), but even this small taste is immensely satisfying.

Coma Girls Skyboxer EP (Baby Robot Records)

Wandering somewhere between psychedelia, americana and shoegaze (so, yeah, nothing changes a lot), Spino howls and muses his way to imperfect perfection. The title track immediately sets the hook, but the other three songs are quite a haul as well.

The way that Spino shuffles though his influences within a single song is arresting. He's a fan of the slow burn, and he likes to go out with a flourish. But even that formula isn't perfectly followed. These four songs rhyme, but they follow different paths.

Yes, I wish there was more. And maybe there will be soon enough. Well, not soon enough, but soon. If patience brought us this set, well, I'm all for it.

Jon Worley