Deeply contemplative, this album is full of beautiful juxtapositions between nearly cacophonpous chaos and redemptive meditations. The more discordant, noisy sections are often belabored a bit long before the payoff. The more searing guitar in rock sections are good, though they also betray their age. I could pretty easily guess this album within 2 years with no other context, but that isn't inherently a negative assessment. It's really a wonderful work of art.