Soaring swells of strings come to the forefront, providing effortless counterpoint to striking vocal melodies and varied instrumentation in the fourth release of San Francisco via Albuquerque indie pop outfit Foma With Inverness, Foma departs from the story telling format of 2006 s Phobos but maintains the band s strongly motif driven approach to album making Largely overlooked by the indie mainstream, the truly independent Foma seems to adhere to a hesitant, but relentless, exploration of frustration regret, and death in its lyrical expressions. Yet, Foma s music tends to leave the listener with a strange sense of hope Careful arrangements define Inverness, a long overdue album that proves Foma is band that continues to mature. There is a tension, often subtle, in Foma s music, and one would do him or herself a favor by giving it more than a cursory listen