 Witsend
 Cosmos and Chaos
 Review by Josh Turner

When I first heard this album, I was driving away from the Alpine Valley festival grounds after a tiresome and draining day at Ozzfest. I made a fruitless attempt to fit into the crowd by cranking up a heavy band by the name of Tankard. My head was already pounding and I just couldn't take it any longer, so I was compelled to click the eject button. For the moment, Tankard's brutal music was going on the backburner.
After a day of hardcore metal, I needed an effervescent musical cocktail to ease the pain and relax my eardrums. I shuffled through a few discs and finally decided neo-prog was what I needed. This is what ultimately brought me to Witsend. I don't think I'm going that far out on a limb to think I was the only person listening to this kind of music on the way out of the parking lot. While passersby might have thought this was an odd selection, to me it was just what the doctor ordered.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2005 Year Book Volume 2 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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