With more or less standard rock instrumentation, this trio delivers a giant slice of groove and hum through long modal jams that slowly gather momentum and then ride along taking in the view, worrying at filigree hung on a deeply embedded peg. The guitar, violin and keyboards are played by Jonathan Segel, previously of Camper Van Beethoven. Basses and electric sitar (!) are manned by Mikael Tuominen and percussion by Andreas Axelsson, a pair of Swedes whose other affiliations I know nothing of.

These mostly very long instrumental explorations have an unfussy, straight-forward charm, rising to measured peaks and then relaxing into contemplative calm. There is a sort of swirling effect achieved by the layering of keyboards or other strings, and the whole reminds me of those long improvisations that the Velvet Underground occasionally delved into. Beginnings are often droney guitar/bass set-ups that lean forward into the eventual addition of pummeling whomp from the drums. Rhythms shift quite often and tiny motifs are repeated, as if the time is being broken down into smaller segments, looking for the atomic basis of the beat.

My favorite bit is the 2 over 3 syncopation in the middle of "A Very Heavy Feather", and the backward siren wail leading to proto-punk greasiness that follows. Here the ghost of Camper rears up briefly, a psychedelic reverie. Over the course of two discs the trio stretch out, with most pieces lasting over ten minutes and one a little over twenty five. Cleanly recorded and wrapped in a little double LP type gatefold sleeve with paintings by Richard Gann that seems to hint at some colorful social gathering.