A dotted line

"On the gorgeous "Love of Mine" and the soulful cover of Sam Phillips' "Where is Love Now?" the band sounds like it's taking its time, reveling in each note. The vocal harmonies are, as ever, immaculate, but A Dotted Line reveals an even richer rapport amongst the three, a kind of rapport one might predict can only come with age. For that reason, it becomes obvious that nine years wasn't too long a wait given that the result was this, an album that confirms these musicians have an interplay that should be the envy of anyone in their class-which is, of course, but a few. A Dotted Line is a work of supreme songcraft; one might call it a "return to form", but from the sound of it, the form was never gone in the first place".

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"The instrumentation on this brief ten-song collection focuses on guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. It's a far cry from the eclectic, electric adventures on Sara Watkins' solo records but the music feels alive and nimble and the originals -- which are primarily group collaborations, although Thile wrote the instrumental "Elsie" and Sean wrote the plaintive "21st of May" -- are uniformly solid. If there isn't much spark, there is a surplus of warmth; the trio is comfortable and relaxed, and it's hard not to succumb to such friendly, familiar vibes".

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