Fog - For Good

After nearly a decade, Fog is back. Andrew Broder's project has been tough to trace, leaving a trail of acclaimed albums, each considerably different than the last, on notable electronic labels. For Good is as much a return to what the Minneapolis auteur does best - piano, turntables, and voice caught up in a gorgeously taut swir. It snaps, pops, and bangs it's way out of speakers like urgent, beat-fired balladry, both coolly inventive and warmly emotive. Even as these songs tackle themes of profound disquiet, they go down with a newfound ease and poise, making For Good a fine analog to Broder's career - unusual beauty springing from inward agitation, hard-fought contentedness winning in the end.