Released: 2017

Genres: Progressive Rock

The Musiquarium’s The Desaturating Seven Review Score: 6.5 out of 10

Like Primus’ last album, Primus and the Chocolate Factory, The Desaturating Seven is also based on an existing story, this time a 1978 children’s book called The Rainbow Goblins.

Primus has always had a prog rock disposition in their music (particularly Rush, with Geddy Lee having a major influence on Les Claypool’s bass playing), but they lean into it more than ever here. The music is fantastic as always, though the vocals and spoken word narration may not appeal to everybody, but then again, you should know what you’re getting into on a Primus album.

The Desaturating Seven may not be the most remarkable Primus album, nor is it particularly long either, but it’s still an interesting experiment with some typically virtuosic musicianship and a concept that’s suitably weird for the band.

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Written by Brett Nippard