Quick! Who has Seattle Indie label Barsuk Records released the most albums for? Well, if you said Death Cab For Cutie, you were SO close. If DCFC hadn't just signed over to Atlantic for their major label debut, you'd have been right. With the release of his new record Pixel Revolt, the answer to that question is now prolific singer-songwriter John Vanderslice. Vanderslice, who just seems to keep on cranking out consistently good works chalk full of 3-4 minute slices of short fiction, doesn't disappoint with this quick follow-up to 2004's equally fine Cellar Door. Pixel Revolt's main theme seems to revolve around different characters point of view on 9/11 ("Exodus Damage"), and other events that were a direct result from that terrible day ("Plymouth Rock," "Trance Manual"). Vanderslice approaches these topics just as you would expect he would with reverence and humility. But "Radiant With Terror" is the one tune out of these tragedy born tracks that actually feels more like an angry call to arms.

Not everything on Pixel Revolt, however, deals with such weighty issues. "Angela" is just simply about a friend's pet bunny running away. And the most beautiful and understated track on the album, "New Zealand Pines," deals with nothing more than a couple who find joy in life by taking Monday walks through Golden Gate Park.

I don't think Pixel Revolt is going to bring about any awards or gushing accolades per say, but if you consider yourself a fan of the mellower side of Bright Eyes or the above mentioned Death Cab For Cutie, you would be well to do in discovering this highly overlooked storyteller - if you haven't already.