This record pushes the "Honeybrew's" sound beyond their first studio release on Spinout records ('Propolis' released in 2015) into some new recordings that are more arranged, thick and juicy with a mamalian warmth, and some ferocious solos from Jacob Scesney (sax), Karl Hunter (sax player for "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy"), and legendary guitarist Robben Ford, who has been collaborating with Swan on multiple records, and who has compared Swan's sound to hearing Frank Zappa for the first time. The record's producer- Matt Sewell who also played some of the upright bass on the record described the sound as something like "Steely Dan on acid". The gritty sound of Swan's voice, and the backing vocals of "the Honeybrew drone choir", along with it's somewhat deranged but well-kempt chord changes, and analog synth warbles keeps the tone of this record from going too much in the direction of traditional jazz or jam band slop... and still it's 8-layer sandwich effect in it's arrangement, its use of jazz related chord theory and the improvisational liberties taken by some of the soloists keeps it from fitting into the blues, soul, or rock categories. The record features the "Noble Creatures" horn section "the Noble Horns" and a choir of backing vocals affectionately called- the "Honeybrew Drone Choir" "Royal Jelly" holds some non-traditional blues related tracks like "Sweet Woman" "Shakes" and "Embers" which would be the closest thing it has to a common thread throughout... The track "Nuclear Rhumba", features the lead vocals of Rafael Anita Langa from Mozambique, doing call and response in the Zulu language, with some blistering sax solos from Jacob Scesney. Karl Hunter lays down some very tasty and agile sax dexterities on swingin' jazz-related tracks like "Lizard in the Sun" and "Sunshine" with the smoothly synchronized vibrato of Becca Fuchs , there's the ethereal spacey atmosphere of tracks like "Feldspar" where the horn section and backing choir blend into a wash of ghostlike waves and the electric oscillations of analog synthesizers, or the intro track called: "the bees" which is a collection of live field recordings and various other captured sounds combined into a slurry of a brain-ride... propelled with the sounds of bees, violin and accordion. "Fancy Robots" is a clean more pop-oriented track, with some nice guitar work by Robben Ford, and some dynamic swells, and "Silver Lining" a swimming puzzle of textures, with some nice sax.