Summoning assistance from Peter Gabriel and a trusty ol' Synclavier, a kind of sporadic and playful moodiness is achieved during these surrealist sprawlers -- which wholly enriches everything from island anecdotes about a walking talking snake to multilingualisms to a classically mumbled-yet-brilliant 70-year old William S. Burroughs reprise-reading. Laurie takes on a less direct and fatidic role here than on preceding debut Big Science, instead usually opting for tranquil environmental coalescence that's splashed with well-settled peculiarities and semi-poetic musings.
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