Anticon alum and modern day maestro, Dosh has patiently ground out three full length albums since his self-titled ‘03 debut. The dude’s discography is a time line of growth, with each of his works progressively displaying a freakish musical dexterity.

Gratefully, the man doesn’t disappoint with his latest full-length, Wolves and Wishes. Equipped with a stout arsenal of instruments (saxophone, banjo, guitar, just to name a few) and collaborations (Andrew Bird, Bonnie Billy, Fog) Dosh continues to push his music forward with relative ease. A complete forty-four minutes of intricate cohesion. The ten songs seamlessly speed along like a smooth ass train ride in a picturesque country-side. The opening cut ‘Don’t Wait for the Needle to Drop’ is built upon a light, yet up-lifting melody courtesy of the Rhodes Dosh has befriended. The track is further graced by soothing strings, haunting guitars and sprinkled with bells adding to the up-beat ambiance. It’s like a pleasant wake-up via the kiss of a loved one, undeniably great. Dosh tests the endurance of listeners with the nine-minute song ‘First Impossible.’ More than any other track, it encompasses the theme of the album in its entirety. Emulating a film patiently and purposely inching a long towards a climax. Wolves and Wishes is Ying and Yang, intricately complex in composition yet subtle in the positive aura of the music. In other words this album is the shit.

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