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It continues in the same vein from the first album Quiver although I think it has slightly more direction in terms of compositions.

Rain and What Comes After, The Unknown and Pale Blue China are among the best songs by the group which features Hakim Tahar (vocals/keyboards/guitars), Hanafi Rahman (guitar), Syazwan Sazali (bass) and Ahmad Zulikhwan (drums).

I do have to say that the 25 minute title track has great moments but is also quite a drag to listen to. Maybe cos of the stoner-shoegaze vibe.

It will remind you of The Verve and Explosions Of The Sky at times, occasionally turning dense or dark or even progressive but rarely straying from the established laid back mood.

I think we may not hear from them again as this album came out in 2013 and appears to be their last.

Phlox's two albums rank alongside The Strollers' Waiting Is, Damn Dirty Apes' Valve State Dreams. Capt'n Trips And The Kids' The Paraverse, Golden Mammoth's Skycraper Towards The Sun and Martin Vengadesan & The Stalemate Factor's The Knight's Flight as the best of Malaysian psychedelic music.

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