How We Lost

For their seventh album and third since their 2004 reformation on Secretly Canadian, Windsor for the Derby continued their transformation from post-rock experimentalists to a melody driven, indie rock band--albeit one with a firm minimalist bent. The Brooklyn-by-way-of-Austin quartet finds the common ground between Philip Glass, Psychic TV, and early New Order with a recipe of pop songs that unfold patiently over several minutes and contain spacious arrangements where slight instrumental changes such as keyboard runs, arpeggiated guitar lines, or shifting drum accents feel monumental.