Matt Kivel once played in the garage rock group Gap Dream, but he's recently begun recording his own warm, serene folk that moves at the same contemplative pace as Nick Drake. On "Tetro," his voice-- slightly reminiscent of Califone's Tim Rutili, but more boyish-- traces an easily loping melody that he doubles on his guitar, which is capo'd high so the strings twinkle more than they resonate. A clear night-sky shimmer of ambient synth work hovers in the background, lending a quietly cosmic air that will also be familiar to fans of Mount Eerie's recent work. The song keeps dissolving off into silence, Kivel trailing off while the hollow synths ripple upward -- half hum, half hymn.