With a hushed voice and a handful of songs that have been described as “darkly beautiful,” Barzin has followed in the footsteps of slow-core writers such as Smog, Cat Power and The Red House Painters, taking up the task of exploring the slow and melancholy side of pop. The music can best be described as a soundtrack for a wet, gray day. The down tempo drumming carries forth the languidly strummed guitar, while the sparse piano notes cut through the textural sounds of the pedal steel and the whispered vocals.