The Heritics Bargain (LP)

The old rock critic reflex would be to call Rangda a "supergroup" but it feels like a new term needs to be invented for the trio of Chris Corsano, Sir Richard Bishop and Ben Chasny.

Mega-band? Kozmik Kollective? Whatever you want to call them, Rangda's third album delivers all the interstellar interplay listeners have come to expect from these avant-psych masters, from the buoyant eastern modalities of "To Melt The Moon" to the noisy/beautiful feedback of "Hard Times Befall The Door-to-Door Glass Shard Salesman."

Peak Rangda is achieved and sustained on the 19-minute closer, "Mondays Are Free At The Hermetic Museum," wherein Bishop and Chasny trade jagged leads over Corsano's thunderous and righteous drums. Bow down, listen up.