Though he’s best known for his work in thrash metal band Skeletonwitch, guitarist SW Hedrick sets his sights on more pastorale zones with Devotional Drift: Vol. 1. A collection of meditative guitarscapes and consciousness-expanding grooves, the album was recorded at Scott Hirsch’s Ojai studio Echo Magic (Hirsch mixed the album, too). Devotional Drift finds Hedrick evoking Fripp, Fricke, Göttsching, Rother et al, but it’s no mere pastiche; nor is it overly monastic.