Hmm. I'll have to give the album a few more listens - as someone who enjoys The Break best when they're being Surf-Oils, I'm a bit disappointed that this album generally isn't that. There's no Birdman or Cylinders or Massacres here - a high-energy rock album this ain't. If you were wondering what Ten Guitars was doing on there, the answer is "setting the tone". If there's such a thing as folk-space-surf-rock than this is it.
On the upside, it's not just Church of the Open Sky Redux - it's a new album full of new stuff. Adding Jack Howard to the lineup was a kind of genius, it's certainly brought a new and engaging sound. I'm just not sure I didn't prefer the sound they produced before.
Oddly, the album is bookended by songs which are off-tone - Space Farm and Psychonauts for Freedom suggest a very different album to the one that's actually between them, one that's bigger, more dramatic, more rock. I'm not sure what to make of that.
