The new one from Canadian post-punk, art-house, collective Crack Cloud, sees the ensemble  push even further out into surreal than usual whilst contemplating life, death, addiction, identity and all parts in between.  Taking a Flaming Lips-style approach of combining as many instruments/textures/ideas as possible Red Mile is a genuine revelation of an artistic statement, moving from minimalism (opener ‘Crack of life’ uses bouncy piano and drums patterns to investigate the timeliness of life) to Black-Star esque mounds of jazz textures and Saxophone – Lack of Lack and Epitath offer unique combinations of raw emotion with high art ideas.  The further they step outside of the post punk boundaries into undiscovered lands- the greater they get.  There’s gold in them hills for sure.