Fantastic Hawk is the second Bottom of the Hudson full-length. Transplanting their four-track bedroom mastery into a studio setting, Eli Simon and co. have produced a gentle, poetic, wry and intelligent work of art. As well-suited for fans of My Bloody Valentine and Sebadoh as it is for those who love Richard Davies, Jeff Mangum, Robert Pollard, etc. The group affectively employs a cool 1980s production/arrangement style a la Church (when they were brilliant). A horribly underrated record that"s been unfairly eclipsed by the tragedy that followed its release.