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It’s hard enough finding bandmates who are in the same musical headspace as you. But when Ryan Policky formed the shoegazing Drop the Fear, he discovered that not only were his cohorts — Gabriel Ratliffe and Sarah Marcogliese — sympathetic sonic collaborators, they were also fellow filmmakers. Fittingly, the trio’s eponymous debut comes with a DVD featuring a self-produced documentary called Questioning Fear. Shot during a road trip across the West, it captures the responses of random passersby when asked what they fear the most — with profound, occasionally chilling results. More than just the album’s wallpaper, the DVD is an arresting experience all by itself.