Yes, you read correctly -- five tracks in fifty plus minutes. Poss is an experimenter with loops, static, repetitive sounds, and guitar. The title track is over twenty minutes long, looping the same noises (an oscillator?) over and over and over. It does not move in a logical progression, contenting itself to repeat the same noise throughout. It becomes incredibly annoying around the fourth minute.
"Drift" is more of the same. "Daybreak in Hanga Rou" is a montage of morning sounds, as the title might indicate. "Theme for an Imaginary Commercial" is bass and synthesizer driven, and much more entertaining than the rest, while still repetitive. "Throw of Blood (Reprise)" is piano-based, but doesn't make much of an impression, either.
Poss built his reputation years ago with Band of Susans, which had a minor cult following. I suspect this style of music will again find a small audience who adores it, but I will not be among that number.
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