Call him the Raymond Carver of indie pop: A. Wesley Chung, the front man and primary songwriter of the Long Beach octet Boris Smile, fashions songs like a short-story author, penning quick narratives set to compact chamber-pop tunes. Sonically, it's kind of a Neutral Milk Hotel-meets-Sufjan Stevens vibe: gravelly guitars backed by ensemble arrangements. Boris Smile are set to release their third full-length since 2007 this month, a prodigious 23-track chronicle of Chung's recent eight-month stay... More >>>