The 26th album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, synths, saxophones and vocals.
The band returned again after a three years long album break. A break filled with gigs and tours.
The band founder Daevid Allen died years ago and the band has been, with his blessing before he passed on, been taken over by a new generation of musicians. All of them lifelong Gong fans. This makes Gong an organic band, indeed.
This album is clocking in at three quarters of an hour.
Psych rock and Canterbury prog is what we get from the band on this album. The music is a lot more melodic and focused on songs than on previous albums. This is a new side of the Gong franchise.
There are some saxophones, vocal harmonies and guitars here which are not normally associated with Gong. These are really an improvement on the normal Gong fare.
The vocals are good and ditto for the music here. This is a charming Gong album and a very good album in it's own right.
3.5 points
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