1. Tay
2. Goodbye
3. Appears Moves And Sails
4. Tomlovesalicelovestom
5. Voices
6. Industry
7. Brain
8. Sunshine
9. Leafcup
10. It Snows Again
11. Sounds Like A train To Me
12. I Am Alive
13. Woolen Blanket
14. Joy Jones

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Excellent third album from genius jazzers
Apparently recorded in late 2006 but not released until now, Mercury-nominated Polar Bear's third album is also their longest, and sees them making increasing use of electronics to add texture to their music. Songs like Goodbye dissolve from the kind of tuneful, genre-hopping upbeat cool jazz we recognise as Polar Bear's signature sound into a cloud of low-key electronic droning before transforming seamlessly into the following track, while Voices is out-and-out ambient jazz, and good with it. All the while Polar Bear weave through bop, fusion, free and any other kind of jazz they fancy with scant regard for conservative classicism, proving themselves yet again to be about the best band in the world in any musical field. Awesome.

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