On Weird Owl’s fine 2009 debut, Ever The Silver Cord Be Loosed, the Brooklyn stoner-rock outfit drifted through a fog of rumbling guitars, celestial keyboards, and cascading drum rolls like a lost spaceship wondrously wandering through the interstellar hinterland. On the new Build Your Beast A Fire, that ship has improved navigation, giving the band’s psychedelic explorations a newfound sense of purpose. Where Silver Cord occasionally lost the plot with long songs that overstayed their welcome, Build Your Beast A Fire is tighter and more melodic, with most of the tracks checking out around the four-minute mark. It’s a crucial modification, as Weird Owl is able to pack the same amount of power into smaller packages.