This admirably ambitious, envelope-pushing 87-piece work features electric guitars, orchestra, choir, and electronics and coalesces into various jolts of adrenaline… We have tetchy marimba cluster chords, razor-sharp sawtooth pads, and what can only be described as a kind of dubstep foghorn among many other layers, and Braxton isn’t afraid to let them play out in isolation for maximum impact.

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