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Featuring sombre mariachi-like trumpet fanfares over burring organ and damped guitar licks, there's a pronounced spaghetti-western flavour to tracks like "Driftwood" and "The Crossing", which lends itself well to the drama of hip-hop. Elsewhere, etiolated streaks of slide guitar colour "Seven Is the Wind", and "Three Faces" features several slick tempo changes behind its waspish synth line, while the title "Bullet for the Bagman" indicates the general cinematic territory occupied by the band.
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