On her second album,
Jen Gloeckner digresses occasionally into the elastic whiplash chords of rock,
or slips into a harsh-tongued vocal emulation of Americana. Mostly, Mouth of Mars is a
layered, largely acoustic sequence of soundscapes involving febrile and
agitated strings, percussive echoes and surreal lyricism. A talented explorer
of darkness, Gloeckner conjures up dreamy, disturbing webs of sound.
