Former local Phil Cook, who you might know from Megafaun or The Shouting Matches, has increasingly been going his own way, releasing a solo record in 2011 and playing a handful of solo shows and showcases over the last few years. He’s back to work again, announcing a new EP due Aug. 13 called This Side Up. The instrumental release will have four tracks that should tide us over until his proposed full-length in 2014. The first of those is an twangy, spacious guitar ballad called “The Jensens,” which you can listen to at VolumeOne.org. Until the release, Cook will be supporting The Be Good Tanyas on dates across the U.K. this summer, with U.S. dates to come.