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New album by Ray Russell coming seven years after his last album Goodbye Svengali. This one seems a bit harder hitting particularly in his guitar sound which appears much more direct than the various shades that were applied to the last album in a painterly way. However, there are some great tunes here such as Slow Day that has a great memorable riff. This is not to say that the music is all straightforward or put together in an obvious way as there are some really interesting sounds and textures on this album. At times it feels much more rockier than the previous album which I feel adds to a much more direct approach and the guitar led structures. Ray's guitar playing is as interesting as ever and this has certainly been worth waiting for, let's hope we don't have to wait another seven before the next one!