Members have come and gone, and so has the identity of a once dirty-ish rock act. In seeking out a new sound, Earlimart has stumbled a bit en route—but only with gaining a due audience—which is unfortunate. Last year's Mentor Tormentor was a widely overlooked, indie pop-rock gem, and Hymn and Her continues the more lush orchestration that their last few efforts have spawned. Earlimart is starting to head down an interesting path: Hymn and Her sounds a lot like a lost '90s alt-rock outtake, in the vein of older bands like Luna, Madder Rose and Belly. Those acts didn't get any full-time respect, and maybe there's something about making well crafted dream-pop that people can't catch on to. Hymn and Her fluctuates between the upbeat, building piano-pop of tunes like "For The Birds" and "God Loves You Best," to more slow, weird numbers like the ethereal, string-lined "Tell Me." Lead Earlimarter Aaron Espinoza seems much more assertive this time around, in a sort of refund-demanding

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