Embrace Form is a true fusion that presents both skill and emotion – a combination that always works.

With all the formulas associated with psych/stoner rock, Mrs. Henry is not afraid to experiment both musically and lyrically through this rock opera’s second part, with some quite intriguing results.

Essentially, with ‘Dead Reckoning’, Kate Fenner brings us an album of both musical and lyrical sophistication and beauty.

It is exactly this creative process that gives this collaboration that twisting element, creating some extravagant soundscapes that are at the same time familiar and outlandish, and definitely, at the same time, a calm and exciting listen.

It is exactly that improvisational impulsiveness that gives ‘Permit’ its fresh-sounding and intriguing elements.

These melancholic looks at the music of Murcof’s youth are still wrapped in his recognizable expansions that give this nostalgic excursion a definite personal touch.

Lewis, or Romeo Rage if you will, turns those dreams of his into a quite effective musical reality.

While accentuating the approach of each of the composers towards those hidden spaces, Wagner does it in her quite unique and personal approach to the piano, making these pieces of music her own, as much as they belong to the composers themselves.

It could have all gone to waste if these guys didn’t have songwriting skills to match their playing and singing capabilities, all of which will certainly endear them to hard rock fans anywhere.

The music on the album relies on quite complex layers of instrumentation that are actually firmly suited to the theme, never overpowering it with the layers slowly revealing themselves when you peel or listen to them.

Maybe we can dub Badlands’ ‘Call To Love’ as a call to great atmospheric pop/rock.

On ‘Garbage Town’ Butler seems to be skimming on the garbage and is coming up with the real (pop) goods that are actually both substantive and listenable at the same time.

The strange mixture of Slint-like vocal post-rock and wyrd folk they came up here has exactly that timeless quality that we deserve to be reminded of from time to time.

It is all oh, so catchy and easy on the ear that you simply cannot either complain or stop listening and very often, that is exactly what you need.

And as many have put it, making things sound simple is the hardest thing to do, and Svaneborg Kardyb can obviously do that with ease.

Although it might seem like a big contrast, Son Cesano can make the sounds of these landscapes on the opposite side of the musical spectrum as something that naturally belongs together.

The result is some truly intriguing music, enforced by McDoom’s languid vocals and strong songwriting that all go beyond just a promise.

Swerts creates his music without overt pathos, it is all subdued, or even more so, sublime.

Essentially, Galactic Fuzz came up with an excellent debut of a coherent set of melodic psych that touches on other genres with ease.

As somebody who definitely knows what that seventies punk sound is Robert is able to bring that raw, unabashed sound to a full tilt, investing the original sense and emotion and not just going through the motions without any true feelings.

Here, Gagnon combines minimalism with some classical music archetypes like classical romanticism to explore environment and emotion.