Vibracathedral Orchestra

Masterful, transcendental psychedelia from the mighty Vibracathedral Orchestra, who prove they're capable of making a varied and multifaceted din on this nine-track, seventy-one minute album. The group truly excels on the two long-form pieces (both 'Ramshackle Sunrise' and 'Goodnight Stars Goodnight AIr' hover around the twenty-minute mark), although the shorter tracks reveal the wealth of different instrumental approaches that goes into making up the band's considerable repertoire. It's that majestic closing composition 'Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air' that marks the records euphoric high point however, mixing together coarse recordings of bird song and tonalities that sound as if they've been lifted straight from some undiscovered South Pacific isle to create the kind of sophisticated free-drone opus that only the very best in the field can pull off.