Such Things

Personnel: Zac Little (vocals, guitar, bajo sexto, bouzouki, domra, dulcimer, mandolin, sitar, ukulele, baritone ukulele, accordion, piano, synthesizer, 8-string bass, percussion); Steve Ciolek (vocals, guitar); Jon Meador (vocals, piano, synthesizer); Maryn Jones (vocals); Mike Mogis (guitar, pedal steel guitar, hammer dulcimer, keyboards, synthesizer); Matthew O'Conke (drums, percussion).Audio Mixer: Mike Mogis.Recording information: ARC.Given his ambition as a songwriter, it was only a question of time before Zac Little arrived at the album Such Things. That it comes less than a year after the unwieldy collision of Appalachian folk styles and indie pop that was Dark Arc is remarkable. Little and company (vocalist/bassist Maryn Jones; producer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis; pianist/vocalist Jon Meador; vocalist/guitarist Steve Ciolek) still employ plenty of "folk" instruments -- ukuleles, bouzouki, bajo sexto, accordion -- but they're more selectively used to color in standard roc