When Poor Moon arrived with their five-song debut EP, Illusion, in early 2012, they seemed like more of an extension of their enormously popular parent band

Excitingly, Poor Moon's (Fleet Foxes members Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott) self-titled full-length album holds on to the group's affinity for curious stylistic switching but drops the majority of their Fleet Foxes mimicry. While Wargo's soft, thin vocals and wistful harmonies on "Bucky Pony" still bear a likeness to those of Fleet Foxes main man Robin Pecknold, they're housed in a song comprised not of folky instrumentation but chirping bells, muted gong sounds, and rolling percussion. The moods on Poor Moon shift constantly, and this highlights how much stronger the songs are here than on the band's earlier output.