In lieu of a full-length album at their recent album release show, Gainesville’s Paxico via Mexico released a short four song EP, Ground from the Rind. In light of this, I will give a short review and save a full-length write-up for when the album finally comes to us.

Part of the magic of this band is the diversity of its vocalists: Ricky’s voice combines the smoothness of Damien Rice with the soul of Van Morrison. It is hard to avoid referencing the scratchiness of Ray Lamontagne when discussing John’s vocals, and for the good of society, Stacie’s backing voice allows for the abounding harmonies—struck at perfect intervals among the EP

The music is absurdly tasteful, mixing in a perfect amount of  elusive twang—that ethereal element that makes music wildly amusing. It is well balanced and rounded into a pleasurable funnel through which a nearly flawless lyrical delivery is flows with appropriate prosody.

The melodies summon forth a nostalgic beautifulness–like epic poems depicting Norse kings of old or childhood memories of playing in the grass with the scent of spring in the air.

Though the EP is great, I was expecting more—perhaps an expectation born by seeing PVM live many times. I wanted more drums, more layers, more songs…I suppose I’ll have to wait for the full-length.