I really don't know what to make of this album, and I mean it in a good way. It's like Phish, the Chemical Brothers, Arlo Guthrie and the Olivia Tremor control got thrown into a blender and served to three different people. It tasted different to everyone, and while it wasn't entirely liked by all, it was so different from anything else they heard that they would never forget it.

That's Tranquility Bass for you. Not quite techno, not quite jam band, not really folk singers, sort of techno-hippie but not a whole lot like anything you've heard. It's a bit dense and overreaching, but what do you expect when the thank you notes give a shout out to "that guy who sold me that sheet of really good acid"? Overall, I enjoyed the hit and miss charm of Let the Freak Flag Fly, but I have a feeling that the next one will be the record where they really hit their stride. In the meantime, drop one of these on your tongue and chill.

-Jason Josephes