After hearing Graeme Jefferies' later albums leading what pretty much became his project, The Cakekitchen, I expected a more harsh sound. This solo effort, which led to the formation of what originally was a trio, shows Jefferies within the low-fi limitations that you'd expect from a New Zealand indie musician.But, as the tracks flow by, thanks to Alastair Galbraith's violin on many songs, and ex-earlier bandmate Maxine Fleming's vocals and keys on song #3, the album sounds less a clunky one-man production as Jefferies concentrates on Bowie-esque tones (which I like better than Bowie's more affected, theatrical delivery) into tunes recalling medieval chants and madrigals as much as Bauhaus or Sisters of Mercy! The last song is excellent, one of my all-time favorite NZ tracks, right up there with the finest of another Graeme, Downes of the Verlaines. The approaches of both talented men working at the same time and place overlap well: I wish they had combined their forces.