If you're a fan of music-- at all-- then you should buy this album, and listen to it over and over again.  Catchy hooks, sophisticated melodies, sly humor, a little funk thrown in for good measure, cool album artwork (buy the CD, not downloads), this album has it all.  Every song is essential.  If you're a fan of Brian Wilson or Todd Rundgren, this is the kind of album you WISH they were still making.  No album I've heard so far this year even comes close to Djinni Of Alkahest.
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A great prog concept LP in the vein of I, Robot or Potatoland, we were overcome by feelings ranging from moroseness for End of Time, to irrational exuburance for Divine. After about the ninth pull on either the jug or the bong, a certain sentimental cacaphony of pleasures enveloped our feeble review synapses, forcing a 5 star review in spite of our ability to be objective, givin our fondness for the first self-titled LP by young master Loy. In conclusion, we admit to a certain reluctance to part with the steep entry price for the CD, and so debate the merits of a mass purchace in order to save vital, scarce funds for the Militia.
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