(Chant Records, CD, digital) I was at a house party in 2008 with some bandmates. It was a pretty tame affair for the most part, but a failure to ask the important questions led me to ingest a rather robust mushroom chocolate. Long story short: I suddenly no longer desired the company of other humans. So my iPod and I took a walk around the city that lasted what seemed like days, listening to music that turned to colors before my eyes. Now, I m not claiming guitarist and composer Xander Naylor s new album
Continuum gave me full-on flashbacks, but when the sax break hits about three minutes into opening track Lunar Acropolis, I started to feel the walls breathe a little. Don t even get me started on the freak-out at the end of Pursuit. For those actually under an influence, I can see that moment being very similar to the psychedelic boat ride in the 1971 version of