FIRST UTTERANCE

I'm no prog expert. I lean more toward metal, genre-bending metal in particular ala Melvins, but I'm interested in hearing anything original, adventurous and disturbing. That said, ever since I got First Utterance, on the ecstatically disturbed recommendation of Aquarius records, I have been listening to it obsessively, and cannot stop thinking about it. It may not be genius but it is utterly original, brave and uncompromising. A pastoral vision encompassing surpassing loveliness and shocking horror would be my blurb. After 20 listens I still cringe at the drop in temperature in the middle of Diana, and the imagery of muddy skin in Drip Drip inspires waking nightmares. Looking at the negative posts above, I wonder how anyone with an imagination could give this a bad review. First Utterance is a touchstone vfor judging any music attempting to push an envelope.