To call Cass McCombs enigmatic is like saying the Pope's Catholic: From his oblique lyrics to his city-hopping habits (he has no hometown at the moment), the singer-songwriter is notorious for being hard to pin down.

But no matter, you inevitably become entranced in the gentle beauty of "Dreams-Come-True-Girl" or the moody hum of "What Isn't Nature" anyway.

Frequently compared by critics to Dylan himself, McCombs's quiet plotting has done him well: Catacombs, his fourth album, is arguably his best to date.
REBECCA WILLA DAVIS

Download the Cass McCombs song "Dreams-Come-True-Girl (feat. Karen Black)" for free at nylonmag.com/itunes

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