Robert Diack showcases stylistic range on sophomore album Small Bridges

Small Bridges features Diack on drums and synthesizers as he leads a quartet comprising familiar collaborators: bassist Brandon Davis, pianist Jacob Thompson and guitarist Patrick O’Reilly.

Their collective sound is characterized by layers of guitar, intimate piano performances, and the ability to seamlessly weave through complex meters. Throughout the recording’s hour-long playtime, the group adapts dynamic peaks and valleys, directly referencing their post-rock influences synthesized with a jazz-based lens.

Diack continues to work as a session musician and producer and can be heard on a variety of jazz, pop and country records. The Toronto-based drummer is most recently credited on E3 and Alex Lauska’s Transmit Slow and Hannah Barstow’s 2021 debut Beneath. Not only that, but Diack is already in the process of composing his third album.

Here’s the track listing for Small Bridges:

1. Hollow
2. Plex
3. Depth
4. Quicken
5. Houndstooth
6. Indigent
7. Sassafras
8. Aler
9. Vodemi
10. Secede
11. Loam
12. Dissolver
13. Laund
14. Loesother

Robert Diack’s Small Bridges will be released Aug. 19, 2022.