A few years ago, I accidentally stumbled into a CMJ show by the raw-nerved California drone-folk trio Gowns. 20 minutes later ... On Friday, frontwoman Erika Anderson announced the band's breakup ...

Erika M. Anderson emerges from the ashes of her former project Gowns with an unsettlingly beautiful collection of songs about pain and loss. That ability for her arrangements to acutely reflect ...