I usually mention in these reviews that Warr guitarist Jason Blake is best known for his work in Aziola Cry. I have to wonder, given the quantity of music by both acts, if Aziola Cry is more the side-project now and his solo career is the main thing. Either way, you can always count on quality when you put on one of his releases.

This time around he's joined by cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne. Together the two have created three pieces of music that deftly combine instrumental progressive rock and classical music. My only complaint here is that I wish there was more here. This runs about 18 minutes, and I could have used at least twice that much. Still, it's always a good idea to leave your audience clamoring for more, so I guess that could be seen as a win for this duo. 

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Coming in a little mellower and intricate, this builds out gradually on that concept. This remains a bit more sedate than that opener was.

The cool prog angles at play on this focus on that mellower end of the spectrum, too.