Life Processes, the 11-track sophomore release is a considerable advancement from the scratchily acerbic post-hardcore histrionics of its predecessor, and has been shaped with the assistance of renowned producer Matt Bayles (The Blood Brothers, Mastodon, Minus The Bear, Pearl Jam) in Seattle. greatly to iForward Russia!; forget his enviable past credits, what was especially important was that he had little previous experience of the band, no real frame of reference that could conjure expectations. A clean slate was in place. A weighty prog-rock album Life Processes certainly is not, though; this is tumultuous modern rock, infused with the sort of spirit that once made At The Drive-In such a must-see live attraction, and likewise Les Savy Fav today. This is an accessible otherworldliness, a distillation of four individuals' experiences focused into one formidable album. Aspirations have, quite evidently, been achieved.