The moving parts David Bazan currently needs fewer of are bandmates, specifically the ones he fired earlier this year when he dissolved Pedro the Lion, his long-running emo-rock combo. The pink-slipping hasn't done much to alter his sound: These five solo songs (each presented in separate studio and acoustic versions) still throb with the tense folk-punk energy Pedro gifted to the Christian-music community Bazan has never felt comfortable claiming... More >>>