Wavering on the Cresting Heft

MGR guitarist Mike Gallagher--of renowned dirge architects ISIS--unveils a compendium of sparse ruminations culled from years of underground musical experience. Gallagher has developed a style characterized by dense, sustained textures coupled with a penchant for the subtle melodicism associated with the post-Sabbath riff. MGR (an acronym for Mustard Gas and Roses, which Gallagher borrowed from a line of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five), is an emotionally charged amalgamation of sounds that, much to its credit, refuses to fit neatly into any particular category.