SHAMBLEMATHS 2

The second Shamblemaths album finds the band continuing to refine and polish their capability of visiting pretty much every style of progressive rock at once and integrate them all into cohesive and compelling compositions. This time around, there's a little less zeuhl on the menu, an extra helping of Canterbury, and perhaps more than a hint of Änglagård (and other Scandi-prog outfits of the mid-1990s like Sinkadus and Landberk), especially when it comes to the use of vintage-sounding keyboard textures. Maybe it's just because I am a sucker for the particularly melancholic Mellotron moods of that latter influence, but this feels like it really helps take Shamblemaths' sound to the next level.