Implying a beguiling blend of paradox and wonder - a circumference of over two thousand miles appearing fingernail thin from Earth - the title Little Moon handily encapsulates the tiny triumph that is Grant-Lee Phillips's new album. Uncluttered but undeniably powerful, briskly recorded but a lifetime in the making, Little Moon finds Phillips letting go of his inhibitions and his ego just as he approaches the pinnacle of his abilities as a songwriter, vocalist, and bandleader.