Chuck Moore's debut as Cartalk, Pass Like Pollen,is an album about holding on to what you've hadand have - charting an emotional path for movingforward, while understanding the importance oflooking back. Merging the loud, grungy guitarsof classic indie rock and emo with country-esquesongwriting and Moore's undeniably affectingpunch of a voice, Pass Like Pollen hits you hardimmediately and leaves a beautiful mark.Pass Like Pollen arrives on the heels of thebuzz-building sensation singles "Noonday Devil"and "Wrestling," the latter of which was picked upby KEXP and resulted in a month-long residencyearlier this year at the beloved and now-defunctL.A. music venue The Satellite. Thematically, PassLike Pollen is a breakup album - a rumination onpeering inward, taking stock in what you find andlearning to embrace what you have in spite ofso much loss. These complicated emotions areaccompanied by a kaleidoscopic array of soundsrooted in rock and country music, every sonicshade complimenting the intricacies of Moore's expressivelyricism; whether they're cranking up theguitars on slow-burning racers like "Noonday Devil"or zooming in to close-mic'd effect on the intimate"Something or Nothing," every single emotive beaton Pass Like Pollen rings true.
