ELLIOTT SMITH - XO LP indie whose “Committed to Suicide” had

whose “Committed to Suicide” had changed so many lives

the band’s formidable debut from 2011

and Boston's Mission of Burma

the failing here resides in the band's inability to consistently conduct potentially- dangerous experiments with their music

ELLIOTT SMITH - XO LP indie whose “Committed to Suicide” hadXO marked Elliott Smith's first foray into the realm of fully orchestrated pop songs, and very good it is too. Not only was Smith a phenomenally talented musician he plays most of the instruments here himself he was also a brilliant arranger, as the multi layered harmonies of songs like Sweet Adeline and Bled White (not to mention the stunning vocals only closer I Didn't Understand) attest.