Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised The Slow and Steady Winter, Priest Lake Circa '88 is Drew Sullivan's finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with The Slow and Steady Winter, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album's narrative arc.Priest Lake Circa '88 exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw ideas from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker.Tracks such as the single 'A Warm Glow' typify the album and find Sullivan issuing forth waves of radiant synth drones and glistening guitars that ripple effortlessly across the sonic vista. As always, Sullivan manages to weave an intrinsically complex emotional spine through the track's near eight minutes. Priest Lake Circa '88 speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of "home". Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.