the chicago band's 10th is a mostly acoustic record, but that doesn’t mean it’s a tame one - It bears neither the vicious, fuzz-glam guitars of 2015’s 'Star Wars', nor the dazzling, baroque-ish arrangements that fans have come to expect.

But in their place is a spaciousness & chaos that might feel welcome after twenty-some years of enjoyed but now-familiar Wilco releases. 'Schmilco' is loose....& that’s a good thing. fans of lambchop, beck, richmond fontaine & eels will happily get lost in these rolling, lolloping, explorations. "'Schmilco' resembles such equally minimalist undertakings as Lambchop's mega-hushed 'Is A Woman' and Richmond Fontaine's impossibly bleak, dust-blown 'The Fitzgerald' in that it presents a formidably expansive and muscular band operating with one hand willingly tied behind its back" - the line of best fit.