Christopher Haworth showcases his ability to integrate acoustic and electronic textures on his first full CD as Littl Shyning Man. Haworth seems to want to find islands of calm electronic bliss, but he also often vacates them for other, more tangled terrain. ?Jambouree? and ?Silkie? start in fairly recognizable Greg Davis territory before veering off into more experimental domains, the former with heavy synths dissolving to an acoustic piano foray, and the latter incoporating static as it fades. ?Song of Blak Deth,? too, runs hither and yon, from glitch-with-thick-harmonies to fusiony funk and back again. ?Blood Lantern? almost sticks with straightforward minor-key rock, but a nervous-sounding synth eventually takes over, changing the song?s feel entirely. This is emblematic of the experience of listening to the album as a whole: Haworth doesn?t lack for pleasant melodies or textures, but his seeming inability to plant his feet in one at a time rattles the listener a bit. It?s definitely a restlessness born of intelligence and talent, but if Haworth could make the songs cohere a bit more they?d be easier to follow. 6/10 -- Sal Addays (27 March, 2007)