text: Sand And Foam is very much in the vein of Blackfield, or perhaps Stupid Dream-era Porcupine Tree, with Masvidal sounding very Steven Wilson-like in the spacey verses, before a more propulsive chorus, driven by walls of guitar noise and an excellent choppy drum pattern by Reinert. Nothing is introduced by some lazy, loping grooves, again powered along by strong drum patterns. The short, sparsely accompanied verses again subside into a powerful, toe-tapping chorus. Masvidal’s vocals have a languid ‘had enough not bothered anymore’ air to them which suits the song. There’s a spacey, psychedelic air to the elongated final section of the track which is more reminiscent of the earlier, Pink Floyd-influenced Porcupine Tree.
  The slow-burning The Fisher Tale is a good track to have in the middle of the album. A subdued spoken word introduction is married with some low vocal chants before some strummed acoustics and well placed keyboard notes combine to sound like we’re about to hear a laid-back track that could almost be an outtake from Pink Floyd’s Meddle. However, the song slowly builds in intensity, with Masvidal’s vocals gradually getting more anguished and increasing in range – to the extent that he almost sounds like Muse’s Matt Bellamy by the end.