Enter Xenon
Self-Released, 2025
9/10
The Detroit outfit Custard Flux defy classification, and their unique brand of prog and psyche-rock makes an immediate impression across these 9 new tracks.
“The Escape” opens with playful, ambient ideas that are cinematic, before the driving pace of the melodic “Winter”, where Nick Pruett’s animated drums suit Curvey’s expressive singing.
In the middle, “The Oblivion Capsule” leads with a cryptic mood thanks to the strategic mellotron and the swirling warmth, while “Ice Tranquility” thumps and buzzes via Timothy Prettyman’s skilled bass and the fuzzy guitars.
The title track arrives late and is a dreamy, intimate bout of serenity, and “The Floating Chamber” exits with a dense and flowing rocker that enlists Vito Greco’s radiant guitar amid Curvey’s inviting voice and a nice balance of power and harmonics.
A really creative outing where each song takes on its own identity, there exits no dull spot in Custard Flux’s catalog, and this one just might be their best yet.
Travels well with: Custard Flux- Einsteinium Delirium; Custard Flux- Phosphorus