2011 release from the experimental Canadian musician. Skeleton Taxa is a return to sounds first explored on his debut release, Count(r)ies (Under the Spire), but with an even stronger emphasis on instrumentation and song structure as opposed to the drawn out drones and ambient pieces he"s explored in his recent work. Most of the tracks fall under five minutes and tend to have clear "parts" and passages, heavily guitar oriented with a spattering of piano, organ, field recordings and a healthy dose of percussive backdrops. The ambience and drones are still present, but are there to fill out and carry the sound, rather than dominate the piece.