Ape in Pink Marble

Surrealistic soft-rock from the former freak-folk wildman. Building on the warped lullabies of 2013’s Mala, Ape is a strange but uncommonly gentle album, filled with whispered lyrics, keyboard drones, hints of lounge (“Theme for a Taiwanese Woman in Lime Green”), and ‘70s AM gold (“Saturday Night”). In short, a quiet reinvention.