***It's profound geographical isolation makes Australia an unlikely habitat for a missing link that could exist for millions of years without being documented by science, especially since no primates are indigenous to the continent. Nevertheless, the land down under claims its own version of Bigfoot, the YOWIE. The creature's long history can be traced back to aborigine legends. An aborigine folk tale explains that when their people first migrated to Australia thousands of years ago, they encountered on the new continent a savage race of ape-men. The aborigines' ancestors went to war against the ape-men, and in the end the humans triumphed, thanks to their ability to make weapons. Damning with Faint Praise" is the second full length release from Yowie. This album surpasses the girth and intensity of their debut, Cryptooology, an album that few have learned to decipher (or pronounce). Damning with Faint Praise moves through an array of multidimensional shifting structures, while inexplicably maintaining cohesion, and even, yes, grooves.