***MUGSTAR’s third album (their second on Important Records) maintains the power and heaviness of sonic assault laid out in their previous releases whilst extending musical manoeuvres and textures into new territories. “Sunburnt Impedance Machine” moves through driving riff passages with soaring guitars and voice recalling touches of early Floyd before locking into a repetitive keyboard and drum driven outro. “Serra” is an extended voyage through a shimmering Krautrock landscape, continuous and expectant grooves that call to mind a turbo-charged Neu!. Clinic’s HARTLEY guests here—adding distant bursts of haunting clarinet skronk, “Radar King” launches with mesmeric drums and bass whilst guitars weave and build to near climax before descending to an eerie space. A noisefest Sonic Youth would revel in. “Beyond The Sun” closes in a more reflective mood with incessant rhythms punctuated by arpeggiated synths and distant voice evoking a feel of pastoral phsycadelicism. The mantra-like effect driven this time with restraint, atmospheric shifts verge on enlightenment and dark uneasiness.