This was the final vinyl release that Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch put into production before his untimely departure in late September this year.

Having been a long-time lover of everything krautrock, space rock, experimental, and psychedelic, it seems more than fitting that he leaves us this LP as his parting gift, because this sublime album is all these things wrapped up into one, and much more.

The album’s opening track »Galaxy Builder«, with its driving tempo, monolithic bass, and screaming guitars, might give the impression we’re about to hear a Neu! for the 21st century, but no: by the second track we’re already on the first of several wild detours into uncharted territories. Part shoegaze, part ethereal, part psychedelia, it’s a unique piece of beautiful euphoria from start to finish. By the time we reach the end of the A-side’s closing track »Distant Bells«, the whole place is in tears after hearing possibly one of the most poignant pieces of electronic music of the entire year.

The B-side takes us even deeper into this trip through the duo’s homeland in the Pacific Northwest, opening with »Skyward Eye«. If The Orb had ever teamed up with Slowdive and gotten Andrew Weatherall on production, this could be it. »Get It Right« is a fuzz-filled epic with heavy dub leanings and meanings … it soars high up into the beyond and prepares us for »Ride«, an unashamed space voyage in the true sense — cosmic guitars, laden with FX — before returning gently down to the rolling green hills of Earth with the closing track »Chugsby’s Theme«. Whoever Chugsby is, his vibe is organic, deeply grounded, and beautiful.