Verdict: Spaced Out get heavy
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I have already reviewed previous Spaced Out albums here at Mood Swings. The band specialise in complex jazz fusion that amazes out with the sheer brilliance of the musicianship. However, I'm always left wondering if as well as impressing me with their technical dexterity, have they actually entertained me as well.
On "Unstable Matter" the band aren't about to compromise at this stage in their career. The music is still as challenging as ever. Around the middle of the album is a track called "Big Crunch" which very accurately describes what has been added to the mix for "Unstable Material". The Jazz Fusion gets merged with metal to push the band's sound even closer to the boundaries. Maybe so close that this is indeed unstable matter! Before I listened to this I would have thought that if Spaced Out pushed things any further the result would have been less appealing than their previous album. Curiously I found myself actually preferring this to their previous work and I rate this as their best work so far.
