VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA - The Queen of Guess

While certainly VCOs most upbeat and percussive music, the nine tracks on this immense, visceral slab of rackety action run through a wide range of styles. Ramshackle Sunrise has a gamelan-like, five-note melody overlaid with a hovering drone. The Silent Socket rocks with Sister Ray-style guitar careening along side actual drums. The two 20-minute epics that bookend the record are a study in contrasts: Your Head Shone Like A Stone has a heavy, excited buzz, while the closing Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air is a gentler acoustic epilogue, gliding into the rosy future. - VHF.