Download "III Steps Forward" Subconscious Communications sub15 2002 (44:59)

Sticky Glandstin (3:14)
Dakota (4:30)
Resilient (3:38)
The Itch of Trepanning (2:47)
Ratail Comb (3:58)
Manmade (4:02)
Nor (5:59)
Walking, Talking (3:59)
D.O.G. (4:14)
P.U.P. (4:27)
Bolantinis Pivoli (1:47)

After 1997's unimaginatively entitled third album, Download planned on releasing two EPs ("Moth" and "Resilient" if memory serves) that never came to be.  More than likely some if not all of the material for those has resurfaced here, along with "Effector" outtakes, on the third installment of the "From the Vault" series.  From the get go I'm impressed as these are finished tracks on par with or better than those that made the official releases, unlike the lifeless doodlings of the first Vault disc "Inception".  "Sticky Glandstin" has all the essentials:  a jittery bass heavy beat, bizarre samples and sounds and an amniotic atmosphere smeared across the stereo field.  The next track "Dakota" is the first jaw dropper when it shifts gears and glides into an elegant synthetic wash.  Rhythmically "The Itch of Trepanning" swaggers and "Manmade" assaults while "Nor" caresses (it too dissolving into a howl enhanced ambient bliss midway through).  "Walking, Talking" also beats you pleasantly senseless with an intricate mesh of metallic percussion and electronic squelches over a groovy bass lead.  "D.O.G." and "P.U.P." reference Key's longtime feline companions to which this 45 minute collection is dedicated.  With that in mind both take on a somewhat somber but thankful air, the rhythms tamed down some to focus more on melodic feel.  If you're remotely a fan of post-"The Eyes of Stanley Pain" Download, "III Steps Forward" is very worth your while ...

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