While this record is improvised, the mood of each piece is so integrated and clearly defined it feels more like studied composition. St-Onge’s upright bass provides the anchor with unsettling drones, scuffs and plucks. Kristian fills in dark colors on an analog synth, sometimes with gurgling modulation, and other times with quaking bass tones. Shalabi, meanwhile, provides much of the texture, picking and scraping his way on guitar and oud. It’s an odd combination on paper, but the three work together as a single six-armed beast intent on conjuring black, brooding atmosphere.

1. Dirt Well

2. Building a Rope

3. Little Feck

4. Insistant Falls

5. My Name is Lemuel

6. The Heart of a Mouse

7. Tinkle Reptile

8. Radiatorheart