Dagger Beach

"For a longtime professional musician who woke up one morning and called off his record deal, Dagger Beach is not as experimental as you'd expect. The Bowie redux, however, is a different story. It seems as though the mere act of bringing new life to one of Bowie's lesser-canonized albums brought joy to Vanderslice in his difficult days. Even if it's not required listening, if that new lease reflects back on him, it will have been worth it".

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"Written and recorded in typically painstaking fashion over the span of 10 months - with help from regular collaborator Jason Slota - Dagger Beach is a marked return to Vanderslice's impressively meticulous tinkering after the hurried live recording of White Wilderness. It's also one of his most personal works, eschewing political commentary to address the end of a marriage and Vanderslice's ensuing depression, as well as a new love".

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