Austrian-born electric guitarist is one of the young post- / performers whose melodic sense is in a phase of being developed. While he's beyond the noodling stage on this, his fourth album, one gets a sense that he's still a work in progress to find his clear and present voice, preferring to toy with sounds, voicings, and techniques that will serve his ideas better down the road. This live performance in Raleigh, NC, at is an exercise in that searching process, the guitarist teamed with drummer and electric bassist . While certainly in the jam band area, one could mistake them for a quintessential power trio, but they are not there yet. Instead, and his mates are satisfied with elongating linear single lines stretched out over a ten-minute average until they slightly change up the mood. The more toned-down and prettier tracks seem to suit them, as the electrified improvisations simmer and at times explode, but rarely boil. The most interesting idea the group espouses collectively is during a spacy and soupy, deep and dark mood, followed by the pleasant in a traipse pulse, as 's processed guitar is switched off on an alternate passage in shades of . The straight rock-funk of has noisy repeat phrases that meld into a jam, then mold the experiments into various sounds that are not necessarily musical. Synthesized sighing and a faux waltz identify while the end of the set has the band in a more sedate and even laid-back mood during crossing bar lines and offering a more melodic sense. is an off-putting title that concludes the concert in lighter, acoustic modes with synthesizers as window dressing. The young bassist and drummer recall an embryonic and , respectively, minus over the top brashness and showy pyrotechnics, competent but undistinguished. is an interesting player whose music will advance over time into something distinctive; it's just not there yet. ~ Michael G. Nastos