(Review from progressor.net, progweed.net)

The seventh French TV album is not only as outstanding as their previous, it clearly shows that the words like ”repetition”, “stagnation”, and not to mention “decadence”, aren’t applicable to them. It is another remarkable example of these veterans’ indefatigability in searching for new ways in their creation.

Each of the five compositions that are featured on the album, contain very diverse and complex arrangements, all of which are filled with seemingly endless and often atonal interplay between various soloing instruments, constant and mostly sudden changes of tone and mood.

The core of bass/guitar/drums/keyboards is augmented by a healthy dose of woodwinds and violin, adding subtle texture or spiky tone colour. The predominantly instrumental offerings undulate with every twist and turn; delicate flute interludes give way to dark and unsettling sax drones. The calm of sweeping violin is broken by thunderous bass riffs. The post-Canterbury sound shines through many times, injecting the songs with a jazzy, lyrical melodicism.

The cover tune this time is a re-working of Happy the Man’s “Partly the State”, complete with original vocalist Cliff Fortney. It runs circles around the original, with added clarity and bite.

Line-up:
- Mike Sary / bass
- Dean Zigoris / guitar
- Warren Dale / keyboards, sax, vibe, clarinets
- Chris Vincent / drums
- Chris Smith / guitar, violin, banjo, mandolin
with
- Greg Acker / sax, flute (2,4,5)
- Cathy Moller / violin (2,5)
- Cliff Fortney / vocals, flute, recorder (3)
- Shawn Persinger / acoustic guitar (3)
- Kirk Davis / percussion (3)
- Karen Hyer / soprano (3)
- Stephen Dale / trumpet, euphonium (4)
- Pam Thompson / tuba (5)

Track List:
01. That Thing On The Wall – 8:53
02. Viable Tissue Matter – 11:45
03. Partly The State – 10:30
04. One Humiliating Incident After Another – 9:18
05. Under The Big W – 14:18

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