This band features the drummer from the Otolith and Subrosa. They play a moody version of a blues-tinged stoner rock, that sets itself in a dusky liminal sonic space. The vocals are soulful and the music is dynamic with great guitar playing. The groove picks up for the second song that moves with a more grunge feel it is not unlike the mid-90s in this regard as metal bands began to feel the changing tides in the industry and sounds shifted. This was a unique period in time as things got more brooding.
"The Returner" has a loose, jammy feel that wanders off. It feels more like stoner rock to me, that 70s wannabe riffing compressed into radio rock formulas, as it sounds like something you would play if you get high. Extended solos and hypnotic vocal melodies might not be the hookiest songwriting, but it captures a cool mood. This is the album's longest song at almost nine and a half minutes. 'The Time Keeper" is another wandering jam. This song also highlights the fact, that headphones work better for this album than computer speakers, as the guitar got lost.
They close the album with a darker tone that works well. The stormy tension of "the Great Disolver' how never reaches a resolution they just establish the pulse, but since this is a three-minute song it feels like rather than being given the time to jam on it, they just bring it to a premature end. I'll give this album a 9, it is fun, paints the picture your THC addled mind wants from this sort of thing, and even though many of these ideas just serve as a thesis for their jam it works when given the room to grow.
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