I don?t know how Strap the Button recorded this, but it sounds like a journey to the center of a 4- or at most 8-track. The press release wants me to think about Acid Mothers Temple, but I actually hear echoes of earlier antecedents: Monster Movie-era Can, early Floyd. StB doesn?t often go for the overwhelming distortion rush or other such splatter, opting instead for a more cleanly curious approach. ?Weener Has Sailed to Sea? begins this CD-R with a creeping, droning dirge, while ?Gusset Bastard Grip? is comparatively spry. Bonky percussion gives way to glittery-sounding guitar and Bryan-Ferry-style crooning that gets progressively more unhinged as the song goes on. ?The Fully Grown Giant Otter Cannot Be Killed? gets back inside outer space, as an extended, repeated guitar figure lays down for a proggy keyboard-led break which itself is overwhelmed by noise, only to be replaced by a propulsive riff freakout. This isn?t seeking to crush me or swarm me as some psych freakout noise is; there?s a progression in mind here. ?Mwynder? is more a concept noise piece based on 2001: A Space Odyssey until about halfway through, when a rubbery bass line begins chasing its tail, egging on the suddenly aggro, un-Karoli-like guitars. ?One Point Six Eight? is part of the same whirl, with some downshifts to medium intensity before flaming out. Strap the Button is on to something in its exploration of less typical psych/Kraut currents, in much the same way that, say, Donkey was a few years ago. Here?s to more then. 7/10 -- Sal Addays (27 June, 2006)