Kevin Bronson on July 10th, 2012

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In its own rather laconic way, the title of Hi Ho Silver Oh’s new album, “Big Rocks,” foreshadows what’s ahead, and it’s not quite the eclectic but harmony-laden folk of their 2009 full-length “Put It All in One Place and Burn It.” Oh, songwriter Casey Trela and his cohorts Jon Mackey and Kevin Manwarren still wield their vocals to great effect (and, often, it’s a whole gang of voices), but “Big Rocks” rocks, in the off-kilter, inscrutable way only Hi Ho Silver Oh can. The three tracks on the album that clock in at over 6 minutes are like driving a back road in mountain terrain, yet they co-exist peacefully with a twinkling pop song like “Trees.” “My Confessor” scratches the rock itch, with Trela’s lyrical bite as sharp as the licks.

||| Download: “My Confessor”

||| Live: Hi Ho Silver Oh plays tonight at the Echo along with Leslie Stevens and the Driftwood Singers.

||| Watch: After the jump, check out the Mackey-directed video for “My Confessor” (it’s kind of a hoot):