Dup Crosson never intended for Saint Solitude to be his biggest project, but as bands he was in dissolved, he dove deeper and deeper into creating his own material under a new name. Saint Solitude began as a one-man-band, with Crosson taking charge of vocals and instrumental loops on the handful of EPs he has released in the past couple of years. He has since picked up a full band to join him as he tours in support of his most recent release, Journal of Retreat.The album opens with the poppy "Soft Contact," which sets a smooth yet catchy pace for the album. Later comes "Dodger," a softer track that does well by breaking the album up a bit. After four songs of fairly standard indie pop/rock hooks, "Dodger" interrupts and slows things down for a few minutes . "Flocking Disaster" operates much in the same way as "Dodger" as it starts to bring the album to a close.
