Peter Astor's long career in the center and on the fringes of indie pop may not have earned him fame and fortune, but he's been responsible for some of the genre's high points. His early bands the Loft and Weather Prophets delivered melodic, jangling pop and winsome Western pop, respectively, while his more experimental projects (the instrumental Ellis Island Sound and electronic-based Wisdom of Harry) showed his sonic range. His solo career got off to a fine start in the early '90s with a string of thoughtfully written, gently played and sung albums. When he returned to that format in the 2010s, Astor picked up right where he left off to release music (as on 2016's Spilt Milk and 2022's Time on Earth) that was as rich and rewarding as his early work.