AMG Review of Ursa Major

John Dougan
All Music Guide

Now recording for an indie label, guitarist Wink O'Bannon quit before the recording of Ursa Major, and Janet Bean was also consumed with her excellent side band Freakwater, but this record was winner number three. A tad more experimental (and some would argue less accessible, though not me) than earlier records, Ursa Major is still loaded with supple, pretty melodies and intense, rampaging guitars.