WASTELAND

I've long been a follower of Riverside and have found their gigs to be among the best I have attended. I rated this album a four star when I first heard it. I very much enjoyed it and loved several of the tracks but felt a rounded down 4 was more appropriate than a rounded up 5. But I find myself returning to it repeatedly and it has steadily climbed my own rating of the best albums of 2018. Giving it another few spin this morning and listening again to the beautiful closing track The Night Before I now see it firmly as five stars.