Although I’ve landed this under progressive rock, I can see some people arguing about that. Let me say that I’ll stand by that label. This is closer to something like the Radiohead type of proggy music. Not everything here is prog rock, but somehow there are prog rock aspects to a lot of this. There is a sense of disharmony to a lot of it. That’s the kind of dissonant sound that was such an integral part of the Rock In Opposition movement. This has a lot of psychedelia and space rock sound to it. For all those reasons, this fits under prog rock.

Now, with that out of the way, let’s address the music. This is very much a DIY kind of thing. It is not delicate. Nor is it really pretty. It has a lot of things that are detuned and out of key with one another. I don’t know if that’s intentional or not. The thing is, when two sounds are close to in key, but not actually there, they set up a type of resonance. It's the same principle that sets up when tuning a guitar. As the two strings get into tune with one another, the resonance disappears. That resonance is played here almost like an instrument. It becomes another layer of sound. And, it’s very effective. I’m sure this isn’t for everyone. It’s definitely unusual and odd. It’s also very compelling. I actually like this album a lot, because of its imperfections, not in spite of them. If they are unintentional, then it’s a happy bit of chance. If they are intentional, it’s brilliant.

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This starts with a little spoken thing. Then a guitar bit comes into this with a weird sort of sound. As the other layers of sound join, it’s crunched up and hard rocking. This is very much a psychedelic rocker with a raw energy to it. It’s a bit strange, but it’s also cool. It has some unusual changes. This has some definite dissonance, but it adds to the charm.