Review
Beginning in the nimble, off-kilter lurch of "The Laugh Is in the Eyes", the collection unfolds less as a rigid sequence and more as an elastic drift. Clarinet flourishes, synthetic flutter, and rolling fretless bass propel the earliest passages with an agile energy, before the arrangements decelerate into softer, airier territory across "My Lost One" and "Fantasy".
Momentum pivots entirely around "My Twin", a ten-minute centerpiece that swells from a fragile vocal meditation into a thick lattice of layered harmonies and jazz-inflected electric piano before dissolving into quietude.
Rather than pushing forward toward an explosive climax, the final stretch contracts. The record turns inward on two reworked iterations of its title motif, moving from the crisp drum-machine pulse of "Materia 2" into "Materia 3", where pitch-shifted electric keys and heavy reverberation slow the pacing to an eerie, subterranean crawl.
