AMPUTECHTURE

In a nutshell, this album has 4 ok songs, and four brilliant songs. The first half of the album comes across like they were listening to a lot of Zappa and tried to put some Zappa into their mix of Ambient/Floyd/free-jazz. While one would think this would end up being great, it does not work out as such. the songs seem to drag on, and become, dare I say, boring. I would have expected much more from them. Though, one should still note, the musicianship and production is superb on this. The second half of this album brings back the Volta that I've come to know and love. Frantic, obsessive, paranoid, technical, and all-over the place, the later part of the album is something to be in awe of. It's just something that simply freaks you out with it's beauty.