When I reviewed their last album 'Less is Endless' in 2021 (Review here) I described their music as having 'clever but discreet use of electronic effects, sometimes hardly discernible, as an enhancement of the background riffs.'
The electronic effects in their new album are no longer discreet, always discernible, and very much at the core of the music. The tight interaction between the musicians remains, making this as before a genuine trio greater than the sum of the parts.
Almost everything in the album is affected by the electronics. The improvisation here is as much to do with the sound as it is to do with harmony or melody.
On some tracks there are squeaks and scratches, on others the piano sounds more like a harpsichord. There are parts that sound genuinely cinematic - rather like the lost soundtrack from a slightly surreal spaghetti western.
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