As a listener what grabs me most about Squidbucket's music is that you can hear them thinking--their use of compound time signatures and sudden dramatic shifts in tone is always for good reason. There's always an awareness of moving beyond their most obvious influences, in different directions each time out. What's most original about their recordings and performances are the sudden turns. They can bring it as heavy and as technical as anyone, but they can also pivot into riffs nodding to jaz...