Toying with the sort of industrial metal that Tool perfected so… well, perfectly on “Lateralus” and adding a quaint shade of late seventies psychedelia, Susan Acid’s “Miss Anthropy” is both exciting and, not to sound like a bird-watcher, quite interesting.

Paying attention to the twists and turns of just the opening track, “Pincushion Queen” is an activity all by itself. Combining a peculiar electronic riff sound with the chilled, ‘we’ll get round to making some more noise when we’re ready’ mentality of the seventies, this is truly fascinating music.

Even the four-minute long “Humbledrome” has time for a haunting piano melody before it literally bounces back into action and every song on “Miss Anthropy” works on these very unusual principles. No matter how long a track, there’s still time for it to meander off into territories that the listener would never expect. It’s as if Pink Floyd had huddled together and decided that the Trent Reznor approach to rock is the direction they should take for the next album.

By the time you get to “Erika & Omar”, it’s almost exciting to try and predict where exactly Susan Acid will attempt to take you on these relatively quick, but convoluted journeys.

“Miss Anthropy” won’t be for everyone, especially those that don’t have an appreciation of both metal and adventure. It’s also not the kind of CD that you can whack on and casually listen to – with Susan Acid, it’s all or nothing. This is an epic trip, which surprisingly only lasts half an hour.