“Spirit of the Stairs” drops next Wednesday via Relapse.

What initially feels like a watered-down sequel to a totally unique album reveals itself to be an impressive demonstration of dream-pop art brut.

Helping us nurse a mid-Lollapalooza hangover, the shoegaze band…took off their shoes, so to speak, for an acoustic set.

And exhale.

This ain’t no recap, it’s a reenactment.

Miguel, De La Soul, Nothing, and more, all looking good in the rain.

Rumbling the walls of the Art Institute of Chicago for four days and nights this summer.

The Philly noise band are back with the followup to 2014’s “Guilty of Everything”.

The three-day fest goes down June 3–5 at New York’s Randall’s Island.