Forgiving Eden feels like a fast-paced movie cue or an interactive video game soundtrack. Triggering Myth's improvisations and free-jazz style perpetuate this mood through frequent, sudden cross-cuts and juxtapositions, shifting from wailing guitar textures to solo Rhodes lines to orchestral glory.

The disc reads like a compendium of Western music; TM jump gracefully from one time period to the next in the course of mere minutes. Strands of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Weather Report, Sting, Rush and Miami Vice composer Jan Hammer (yes, that will go on his tombstone) all make appearances. This mix allows TM to do what they do best: create tunes that are full of drama and intrigue. Much of the interest comes from seeing how on earth they'll resolve the anticipation and suspension. At times, the music flows from tension to more tension, but the band makes each new development seem like it was an obvious choice. A Triggering Myth's use of '70s synthesizers is something else that really stands out -- it gives Forgiving Eden a shameless, "so kitschy it's cool" analog aesthetic.

It's refreshing to hear a band that can break down labels and boundaries so thoroughly, turning a convoluted mix of ideas into a single, cohesive voice. More, please!