As one-third of Les Mouches, Matthew Smith joined drummer Rob Gordon and Owen "Final Fantasy" Pallett in making noise-folk songs that teetered between cascading abrasion and soothing caress. Smith's solo work as Nifty is equally diverse but uses very different elements. Pulling from the worlds of African percussion, grimy electro-soul, patchy big band horn blasts and overlapping instrumental layers, A Sparrow! A Sparrow! is possessed with sonic wanderlust. His instincts rarely steer him wrong, creating the sort of album which becomes more memorable and intriguing the less you try to pin it down.