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01-Flickering Blue
02-River
03-The Smile
04-Cuppa Tea
05-Storm Pond Bird
06-Song to the Siren
07-Interlude
08-Nobody Knew the Time
09-Red Rock

Gathered on the Edge was produced by Simon Tassano, a former bandmate of Kent"s in Lights in a Fat City. The instrumental augmentation again runs the gamut: ngoma, kanjira, tabla, marimba. "Flickering Blue" is the group"s most cohesive track to date. The dreamy music offsets darkly veiled lyrics: "Work all day sleep all night/Live in the ***s in between." Kent"s haunting didgeridoo on "Red Rock" is an ideal setting for Maxym"s enchanting cry about our disintegrating environment. And the Beasts" soothing tones on "River" are an elegant canvas for Maxym"s heavy thoughts about the loss of innocence. Several tracks start out soft and serene and gradually turn more earthly and upbeat-an approach that keeps the mood from becoming too pensive-and the jazzy groove of "The Smile" (based on a William Blake poem) keeps the album from getting lost in its own sentiment.