Fly Between Falls by ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)

ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra): Dave Brogan, Steve Adams , Dan Lebowitz, Zach Gill. Additional personnel: Jack Johnson. Although FLY BETWEEN FALLS is only the second official full-length release from California's ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), the band has been performing for over 15 years. The chemistry and stylistic confidence borne of playing together for such a long time is evident on the album's assured songwriting and easygoing, front-porch grooves, which owe a major debt to both the folk-influenced aspects of the Grateful Dead and that band's contemporary equivalent in the jam bands of the 2000s. That FLY BETWEEN FALLS was issued on Jack Johnson's Brushfire label doesn't come as a surprise. ALO's mellow, acoustic-rooted folk and funky backbeat bears a resemblance to Johnson's own music (Johnson even guests on "Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down"). The whole album has the good-natured, ambling vibe of California neo-hippie rock, which makes it perfect for a sun-baked, lazy afternoon. Although FLY BE...