This album is not easy. It's about 2½ hours long and there's a lot happening. There's live recordings of punk rock songs mixed in with 5 minute drones and beautiful builds and whatever the hell volcano is, but it all comes together so tightly and coherently. It's strange, but it all works together so well. With this difficulty as far as the size of this album is concerned, I think that it's easier to get into it knowing that there are 5 main songs. Helpless Child, Animus, The Sound ... read more