No, Mazzy Star isn't the lead singer. That honor belongs to Hope Sandoval, whose Melanie-on-downers vocals manage to sound at once angelic and abandoned to lust. Hers is a voice that enfolds listeners in warm, velvety wings, rocking them into languid, erotic daydreams. On "Fade Into You," the band's most noteworthy single, Sandoval and guitarist David Roback perfectly realize their attempts to fuse droning psychedelic folk with lonesome cowboy flourishes. By embellishing the abject ...  [+]