Man, I love Cheekface. 

A year and a half after Too Much To Ask, Greg Katz and co continue to churn out their brand of catchy, witty tunes. It's Sorted ranks as their most polished effort to date, and while the trio remain, as always, effortlessly self-effacing, here they seem to fully embrace being in the studio for the first time, adding layers to their sound without losing their edge.

Katz continues to lyrically pull from the well of anxiety and uncertainty through the lens of modern, middle class American society and the absurdity inherently attached to much of it. Cheekface's music has also slowly progressed to the point that one could easily envision them opening for Talking Heads some 40 years ago. Indeed Katz often channels David Byrne and his flair for making the mundane sound mildly profound through lyrics that often seem like what the elder would be writing about if he were a 20 something today. (And, well, apparently the Angelenos have an affinity for those legends anyway.) Four LPs into their career, Cheekface remain a welcome breath of fresh air and a band that just keeps getting better.