Elfin Saddle deepens its compositional and conceptual agenda on Devastates, the band"s third full-length album. It weds an operetta-style song cycle to an organic, junkshop aesthetic to great effect, forging a unique hybrid folk music that weaves Honda"s trilling vocals (often singing in Japanese) and McKenzie"s woodsy, unaffected baritone with threads of clattering steam-engine percussion, ukulele, accordion, glockenspiel and pump organ.