Transgression is highly experimental, I don't even know if this qualifies as music. There is no melody or meter to any of the four tracks, there is nothing conventional for the listener to grab on to. This album consists of nothing but sounds, noises, and tones that bleed in and out of each other throughout the run time.
I've been listening to this album for three solid days now and I still can't make sense of it. Sometimes there is a huge emotional impact on me, other times it's nothing... from the same moment in time from different listens. This album is an enigma to me, and I keep coming back to it.
Transgression is a paradox. It feels like there is little to nothing going on, while at the same time it feels so incredibly deep and complex that I can't wrap my head around it. For example the second track "We All Fall" has a repeating tone for the last 5-6 minutes of the track. It seems like it is content to repeat this ad nauseam but that's not all there is to it.
Under the tone there are layers upon layers of effects, notes, chords, and just about anything else you can think about. It's this stuff underneath the surface that keeps me intrigued with this album. There is so much to dig into that a single listen... even ten listens just does not seem to be enough.
I haven't listened to the album enough yet to fully form an opinion, I'm going to keep on listening to this and maybe eventually figure out if I like it or not. In the mean time though I'm going to keep digging in to see what kind of hidden treasures are buried in this fascinating release.
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