After reading some guff about the industrial revolution and children on their website, I was expecting The Flax Of Reverie to be, well, a load of guff. And the fact that they’ve put the tracklisting on the CD and not on the sleeve also made me not want to like it. Annoyingly though, it’s actually quite good.It will certainly not be to everyone’s taste, and requires a fair bit of concentration to fully appreciate it, but it’s some clever stuff.Layering sound upon sound, Mothlite create atmospheric, swirling, shadowy pieces of music. Whilst sometimes the tracks sound like they might strech on forever, there’s the underlying sense that every sound is perfectly choreographed and controlled ”“ this is not simply a collection of improvised whimsicals, but music planned to every last flutter, tremor and chant.‘The Untouched Dew’ is an almost 10 minutes long extravaganza for the ears, from the jumbled saxophone riffs to the sound of the sea, to the rather terrifying piano and whatever the hell they’re singing about.At only six tracks long on first glance it seems like half the album’s missing, but there’s enough material here to get your fill. Whilst there doesn’t appear to be any cohesion or theme to the album, it hands together more as a collection of six different pieces of music, all with some very dark undertones and just enough light to pull you through.So ignore the bizarre website ramblings, and make up your own mind about where this music comes from. 70%Links Mothlite [official site] [myspace]