This is a difficult one. Not for rating, you either like it or not, but what do you call this music? In their own words it is something of a combination between jazz, prog metal, funk and latin, finishing off with a hint of “old school fusion”, whatever that may be exactly. Basically, Cosmosquad is three insanely talented people who got their heads together and just started making music. And quite good music as well. The first time I listended tot this album I had the wrong idea. To me, it sounded like three people, the same as I mentioned before, but whose only goal was to overpower the other two with musical brilliance, making it a combined show-off for them and the audience. It was only when i playde it to a friend that it hit me the right way. This album is not to be listened to serionsly and meticulously (although you can if you want, just don’t do it too often). The idea is to just get into the groove and listen to the whole, to the feeling. And if you think this is a bit too vague, that is exactly what I mean. If you know and like Ozric Tentacles, you’ll like this too. Just like the Tentacles, Cosmosquad’s music is a flowing thing, a combination of riffs, rhythym and beats. And in hte same way you should just put it on and let it play along while you geton with your concersation, dishes, or whatever.

This goes on for a little while, and then, quite suddenly another track pulls you back into full attention mode, as the band start playing a really heavy riff (track 7), before turning back to that nice flow of before. Very nice. Until track 8, that is. Almost Stoner-like, it starts off with a really slow, heavy, SLOW mean riff. If this doesn’t wake you up, forget this album. Shortly after the intro however the easy-goingness of before comes back yet again. So there are some diverse and different parts to the album, showing the capacity of these musicians and prventing the album from becoming a long and therefore boring thing. However, these changes are not competely in sync with the general idea, which is a shame after all, because it takes you out of that Ozric;like state of mind. These people have no doubt heard of the Ozric Tentacles. They sound too much alike (in a good way) not to, but I think that to make their thing completely great they have to make a choice. Either play like the Tentacles all the way or make the different parts stick out more. But in the end Cosmosquad have made a really easy, groovy, funk thing that is not to be sniffed at. Try it.