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Western Water Music Vol II, is the surreal story of an Armageddon born out of a massive earthquake off the west coast of the United States and set sometime in the future. The quake triggers a separation of the west from the rest of the country, creating a whirlpool of devastation in its wake. Millions die. Thousands survive. Those that survive eventually sink and drown from the buckling lands, only to have scores of poison mushrooms waiting for them underneath the earth's masses, loosened from centuries old trees. The poisoned water gives them their first gasp, and miraculously they are able to and breathe and live underwater. The confusion and sadness is balanced by the fascination of having to start everything all over again. Nobody has always flirted with psychedelic sounds, but with vocalist Niki Randa under their Blank Blue guise, he released “Western Water Music Vol 2” and took the dive headfirst into a space where headsy-folktronics and beat-forward tunes meet in gloriously lush sounds capes.