Neil Michael Hagerty

The former Royal Trux guitarist performs his primeval songs of dissolution and dislocation against a dark background of sparse instrumentation and the occasional percussion shuffle on this strangely ethereal collection. "Oh to Be Wicked Once Again" sets a wild rock & roll guitar solo against a sweet keyboard motif, "Chicken, You Can Roost on the Moon" is an improbably psychedelic tale of love gone wrong, and "Know That," which recalls the punk duo Suicide, is an almost Dylanesque put-down layered over a heartbeat rhythm track.