The first piece, “Truncated” starts off ok, but soon loses my ears’ interests. The initial stuttering, crunchy mid-frequencies - supported by a low bass undertow - flit between opening out into broader waves, then tightening back in again. More often than not, though, the wall opens out into a fizzy, treble wash which does little for me. The reined-in, crunchier sections are much more engaging, but they’re still founded on that fizzy texture - it sounds a little brittle. Jumping to the third track, “Pteranodon Was A Reptile, Not A Dinosaur”, we find more treble; but this time its much more forceful, nasty and visceral. Its soon joined by a chaotic low end, all adding up to a window-rattling wall. These vicious squalls of sharpened fizz are sometimes tamed by the bass, as it churns them aside completely; whilst at other points, the treble becomes washy again - but the breakneck pace, matched and enhanced by the bass rumble, ensures that its savage tone doesn’t let up. I’ve left the best till last: the second piece, “If I'm Not Back In Ten Minutes”. This wall is frustratingly shorter than its fellow tracks - at twelve minutes, its less than half the lengths of the other two - but its a great, tense construction. It very simply agitates an isolated crackling texture with an undulating, unsettling horror drone. This low throb rises and falls, menacingly; giving the track a hallucinogenic quality - or rather, a nightmarish one. The crackle spits and dances on this bassy lurch, with little flecks emerging as the piece progresses. “Truncate” did this a little, also; but the washy nature of the track hid these more delicate textures.

This is a mixed album. I can’t pretend that the first track did much for me; but the second work from Bad Algorithim was really very special indeed. One of the finest, harshly oppressive walls I’ve heard in a long time. To complete the story, the third piece is a very solid work too. So, on reflection, two out of three makes it a recommendable release; its certainly a project I will look out for in future.