I’m so much in doubt about this one… I don’t really like the retro prog rock wave that much (I think I’ve had my share of Gentle Giant and all the others), and I’m not exactly keen on saxophone either, especially not in Hard Rock (?!!?). And yet this album keep coming back, every time with something new to discover. The musicians are top class, and really knows their stuff, and has connection to the others in the band – very cool. But after some numbers I start missing a gear or two more though – I end up foot-tapping to a lot of the riffs and rhythms, but it doesn’t really kick off for me, it stays in a sort of walking tempo, and I loose a little interest then… too bad.

The band consist of Clutch-members Tim Sult on guitar, Dan Maines, bass, Jean-Paul Gaster, drums and Neil Fallon on guitar, and additionally on the album Per Wiberg of Opeth on keyboards, organ and whathaveyou.

The sound is kept very “original” – the sound on this album is very similar to the sound of the probable sources of inspiration of the 70’s: Gentle Giant, Yes and several more of that age. And it’s very well done.

It works best for me in smaller doses, a couple of tracks at the time, but that’s okay – it still has got plenty of nice stuff to offer a fan of the retro (70’s) prog – style and sound. So when I’m still interested it’s past 90 in score, but in the lower periods it’s maybe down to 70… judge for yourselves.