Album Review: Ray LaMontagne - Ouroboros

American musician Ray LaMontagne's sixth studio album is a picturesque grower.

Not because it doesn't sound great the first time you listen, but because most of the songs on Ouroboros are so beautifully languid that you have no choice but to soak in them. While it's only eight tracks, the song lengths here average well over six minutes, as LaMontagne stretches his guitar lines into space-rock territory. Recorded with My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, the record exists as a stunning portrait of their time together. "Never going to hear this song on the radio," he confesses on the album closer, Wouldn't It Make A Lovely Photograph, "But wouldn't it make a lovely photograph."