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"Picture an amalgamation of Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra Arkestra, the Beach Boys circa Pet Sounds, Radiohead, and the Flaming Lips, and you'd still only be touching the tip of the iceberg. Strap yourself in and get prepared for a wild and wooly sonic ride." -- All Music Guide "The guitar and violin that echo Robert Fripp and David Cross sparring in mid-'70s King Crimson also sounds like you're fending off 10 pirates at a crowded bar and slicing out their tongues without knocking over a single beer." -- Pitchfork "Philly's Make a Rising can genre-splice with the best of `em ... [traversing] melancholy Beach Boys harmonies, chilly musique concr`ete, and clattery prog rock. But that's not what makes the band special: for all their schizo tendencies, MAR's songs maintain beautiful, compelling narrative threads that transcend any particular musical style." -- Time Out New York "The group does work more in movements than songs, and it takes a stab at just about every genre. Classical, cabaret, hardcore, prog, folk--it's all there." -- Washington Post Philadelphia's Make a Rising is back, bigger and better than ever. Expanded to a sextet for its second album, Make a Rising has realized its potential. After laudatory press for 2005 debut Rip Through the Hawk Black Night, MAR hunkered down and began working on an intricate, elaborate follow-up. Holographic in nature and transpersonal in effect, Make a Rising is a band that composes unlike any other. While most experimental bands reside either completely inside or totally outside traditional pop song forms, Make a Rising writes its own rules. The result is an excitingly original and marvelous amalgam of genres and influences, layered with spontaneity and energy. We wouldn't say it if we didn't mean it: absolute masterpiece. Infinite Ellipse and Head With Open Fontanel features contributions by members of Normal Love, Fern Knight, and Shot x Shot. The last three years have seen Make a Rising sharing the stage with artists such as Dr. Dog, Dirty Projectors, Lightning Bolt, Man Man, Uz Jsme Doma, Pattern is Movement, Gang Dance, and Neil Hamburger, as well as making two SXSW appearances and headlining the opening night of the Popped! Philadelphia festival.