Sound from the Ground finds Your Black Star developing their signature atmospheric, lush compositions while progressing into a full-out, wall-shaking rock outfit. The addition of Kevin Ratterman's rumbling bass lines has added the necessary charge, propelling Johnson's sensational guitar swells and Drew Osborn's relentless drumming to sternum-pounding levels. Imagine if Fugazi and Nirvana played the Cure's Disintegration and U2's War. Imagine the dirty pop splendor of the Jesus and Mary Chain filtered through years of pristine indie rock experience. Sound from the Ground is a record that you want to put on and listen to all the way through, a record to play in the car ride home, late at night, highway lights streaming.