2ND

Without the Middle Eastern and North African influences that permeated their previous album, Agitation Free's sophomore effort seems to lack focus or much to hang its hooks on. There's electronic noodling and fumbling about with acoustic guitar aplenty, but nothing that really reaches out and grabs me - especially considering that there's a glut of more distinguished instrumental psychedelic freakout albums from the Krautrock scene to choose from which are far more compelling and focused than this one. Most damningly, one of those albums is Agitation Free's own debut - and if you own that, you've already heard better renditions of most of the musical ideas on here.