Heavily improvised cacophony can often become the audio equivalent of a traffic jam, but in the right hands it can transcend the endless line of cars and take the listener home by unforeseen paths. A Raining Sun of Light and Love achieves this through the twisted hands and minds of its creators (these guys can actually play), and once you get past the Comus-inspired acoustic intro that's oddly reminiscent of Ween's "Squelch the Weasel," the 45 minutes that follow traverse the annals of rock history like a roller coaster car with a grenade in it.  Full text...

Acid-folk and all its strange, acoustic permutations may have dominated psychedelic music in recent times, but there's a rising tide of bands returning to heavier ways, from the fearsome Comets on Fire to almost anything on the fantastic Holy Mountain label. Add to these Titan, a Brooklyn quartet whose first proper studio album is a monumental slab of progressive heaviosity that ebbs and flows beautifully through psychedelic rock forms old and new.  Full text...

A Raining Sun is as invigorating as it can be considering its built-in limitations — no vox save an opening tryst, no ‘song’s — and natural proclivity for the extreme. You’ll hear better albums this year, but superior free-form just ain’t gonna happen unless an impromptu comet falls from the sky.  Full text...

Overall the effort is quite solid, and there is an impending sense that something stronger is attainable from a group of musicians that show such talent on their debut.  Full text...