April 22, 2016

This Spaga is a waste of 20 minutes. Just…skip it. Save yourself the time, and just skip it. There’s nothing for you here. The Basis intro is also pretty predictable. Nothing interesting here. The jam out of the middle section of Basis is actually pretty neat, and at least finally puts them on a bit of a better track. I wouldn’t call this a highlight per se, but it’s at least a cool transition into Bazaar Escape. Bazaar features a drum solo, which is nice if you’re into that sort of thing. There’s no jam out of Bazaar into TVM, which is always disappointing. Both the jam out of TVM and out of Abyss are meh. However, the jam out of Astronaut is fantastic. Magner hits almost immediately on a brilliant, spacey synth lead. The line he starts using at 5:44 is fantastic, and they build a great, extended exploratory jam on this little lead. Very cool stuff. The Svenghali jam is nothing out of the ordinary.

Highlights: Astronaut