This mostly instrumental set is not necessarily the kind of thing that’s well suited to a track by track review. It’s probably not really all that great in terms of active, intense listening. There just isn’t enough change or variety here for that. The thing is, when you’ve got Trey Gunn, you know it’s going to be good. This clearly is. It tends to be more the kind of thing you want to put on and let it soak into your being.

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The music here is atmospheric and moody at the start. There are vocals that have a real roots folk kind of sound. The music gets more intense later, but remains quite mellow.

Here we get a much more melodic piece. It’s rather random in some ways. There is almost a psychedelic minimalism at play here. There are sound bite voice samples heard at various points.

Much more percussive in nature, there is almost a tribal element to this piece. It also gets a bit louder than some of the rest. It has a tendency towards noisy at times, even. Still, it’s rather slow moving and freeform.