An epic that I'm not quite sure I fully get on first listen – this is an expansive, sprawling album that deserved much more attention than I could give it today, though I already picked up on the superb melodic motifs gluing the whole project together. This is an LP that weaves its narrative in words, and there's a whole lot of them here – while I picked up on some of the story occurring throughout, I'm sure the album feels much more cohesive once the story falls into place. Leaving this here as an initial voucher for the great instrumentation (somewhat shanty-esque at points) and melodies, with a rider that I'll be returning to give this a deeper listen.