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I heard this album a good few years ago. I thought it was interesting with a few good tracks included. Then I heard and ultimately bought their second album Silence In The Ancestral House. Over about 10 listens that album went from 'meh' to one of my favourite albums. Seeing this album on vinyl and at a very good price (from Japan with no postage) I decided it would be rude not to buy it. Again, after a few listens this grew from 'not bad' to 'just not quite as great as 'Silence........'. This is a hard band to pin down musically. Elements of doom, gothic and even black metal in some of the guitar parts, all rolled up in the sublime sugar coated vocals of Viveca Butler and a retro sounding production style which is more mid 70s than new millennium (and works PERFECTLY). The drum sound on both their albums is incredible, none of this modern 'dry' drum sound that spoils so many modern recordings. The use of an ambient keyboard backdrop gives their records a very ethereal sound and some of the lead guitar breaks are supremely good. If you can try and get the edition which includes the bonus track 'The Drowning Man'. For me this track is probably my favourite on the record.