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  • Summary: The second full-length release from Keiji Haino, Oren Ambarchi, and Stephen O’Malley features three tracks over 17 minutes long.
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  1. Dec 8, 2014
    80
    This is the sound of three of the human race’s finest sonic ramblers in conversation, and it’s a truly daunting experience to give yourself over to.
  2. An hour of intuitive improvised excellence.
  3. Uncut
    Dec 8, 2014
    70
    They channel their power into free form excursions of an often surprising delicacy. [Jan 2015, p.75]
  4. The Wire
    Dec 15, 2014
    70
    The results may not be especially unpredictable but they sure are fun, the trio milking the testosterone-fueled power-trio/supergroup set-up for all it's worth. [Nov 2014, p.72]
  5. Dec 12, 2014
    70
    It's a fun slab of obnoxious rock-gone-mad, and sometimes that's all you need of an evening.
  6. Mojo
    Dec 8, 2014
    60
    Jap noise magus Keiji Haino wenches apocalypse-blues from guitar squall, vocal wail and synth sirens. [Dec 2014, p.102]