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Made up of Danny Seim (Menomena), Bryan Devendorf (The National), and horn player Dave Nelson (Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne & St. Vincent), Pfarmers have the kind of indie-rock credibility that set expectations impossibly high from fans of those respective projects. Joint ventures with this much built-in legacy often falter under the weight of their musical baggage, because no matter how hard anyone tries, no one can write a song as good as the “Bloodbuzz Chicago” of our collective imagination. That’s why Pfarmers is such a sigh of relief — because for once our expectations weren’t thwarted. Pfarmers were as good as we imagined they would be.

The band released their awesome debut LP Gunnera last May and are already preparing to put out their follow-up Our Puram next month. The new album was inspired by Seim’s departure from Portland, his hometown since birth, and is led by the delightfully grand lead single “Red Vermin.”