For the most part this is just ok ambient/drone, with appreciable variety (vital for an 80min record), but nothing mindblowing. 1-2 are nice but not amazing dark ambient, 3 breaking those into much sweeter and softer ambient textures, resulting in 4 which isn't all that noteworthy really. 5 gets a bit interesting in the middle but mildly still. Feels a bit like a sleep piece from R Rich. 6 is to my recollection the first prequel in their discog of the sound they'll eventualyl display in the last two albums. A nice and peaceful track, like hearing the waves while falling asleep on the beach. 7 morphs the track (as its second part) into something similar to the album opener, which at this point feels a bit boring. The album closer is definitely the high point here, also prequelling their later sound, but this time done a lot better, and thence becomes the first real jam in their discog, bumping the album up a point. Overall this is mostly too long and not too interesting, but it has some sweet bits. 3.3
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