Mick Turner regularly supplies six-string heaven with the non-pareil Dirty Three, but on this album he's flying solo. The results are, well, a lot like the Dirty Three if they didn't have Warren Ellis on violin and Jim White on drums. While this is certainly different from your average guitarist's solo album (some of the prettiest tracks, like "Leave The Light On," have nary a guitar in earshot), it doesn't contain the emotional wallop that the Dirty Three can at their mightiest. Always lovely, occasionally meandering, this is meditative music that may not fully suck one in, but is never boring.

2001-10-13 - Kent Conrad

track list 'ray Sinking Fish Snorkel Leave The Light On Tangled Echidna In The Morning You Can Hear The Bird's Singing Floating Kate Beautiful Hairy Cow Sailor's Lament Over The Oceans Mel To Adders Tren Phantasma Secret Reprise Untitled