Writhing Squares have been conjuring up cosmic slop from the Philadelphia underground for a few years now, mixing growling bass, motorik synthesis, and skronking sax into a heady brew of punk-laced progressive R'n'R. 'Out Of The Ether' is the duo's sophomore effort, and first for Trouble In Mind. It kicks off with the metronomic throb of 'Dirt In My Mind's Eye', setting the stage for the album's 5 tracks of minimal, droning ambience, overtaken at times by Nickles' wailing, saxophone skronk; a mixture of the soulful runs of The Stooges' Steve McKay and the no-wave stabs of James Chance.