After leaving Vulgar Unicorn, Bruce Soord began his own project, The Pineapple Thief and subsequently was released on the small Cyclops label. Originally titled Abducted at Birth, the label requesed it change to Abducting the Unicorn to tie the project somewhat back to his former band for marketing familiarity. Kscope Records reissued the album in 2017 and reverted back to the original title. As for the album itself, it serves as a building template toward far superior releases later by Soord/The Pineapple Thief. However Abducted at Birth is not without its highlights especially the 20 minute slow burn Parted Forever. Soord is clearly searching for the band's signature sound and at times succeeds with brooding dark lyrics layered with dense mood yet minimal guitar tones somewhat vacillating alternative rock with a more progressive approach.
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