For anyone unfamiliar with the Jazz-rock trio, Give could be a poor starting point next to their textbook debut dazzler. Yet I am surprised by some fans and critics who dismissed the harder-pushing sophomore major as a primarily atonal indulgence. For sure the disc pushes a little too stubbornly at times, building showy heaps of cryptic melody and time signatures into epic posturing without the slightest hesitation- but for every masturbatory musical off-ramp we are privy to, the boys flaunt double in the way of sheer triumphant virtuoso synergy. Listen, and listen again.