Pontiak - "Wildfires"

This album is an unexpected early year favorite, I'm kicking myself for not checking this trio of brothers out sooner. A bit of an unusual band for the current Thrill Jockey lineup, Pontiak tread in a vein of riff-heavy classic rock that is (rightfully) earning them plenty of buzz in the stoner rock corners of the internet. But that also sells short some of their more trad classic rock tunes, of which "Wildfires" is an excellent example. I'm really digging this record.