The CD contains eight tracks featuring the colossal 35 minute epic title track, two short instrumental pieces that serve as musical bookends, and five other more easily-digestible tracks ranging from six to nine minutes in length.

The concept of the entire CD is a sequel to the previously released Part 1, relating the adventures of their main character whose relationship with his partner has just come to an end, and we follow this person through a series of bizarre dream-like adventures.

I haven't heard any other releases by this band including part one of Sleeping In Traffic, but based on the quality of this disc, I'm certainly keen to hear more!

After the short opening bookend instrumental, the CD kicks into high gear with "Into The Night". The first thing I notice about this track is the singer's voice. Clean and strong and well suited to the style. The keyboards are predominant in the mix, awash with hammond, mellotron, clavinet and some quirky synth work. All standard staples of the prog style. There's nothing new here sonically, but the familiarity of the instrumentation is comforting. There is also no shortage of virtuosity, changing tempi and time signatures and extended instrumental passages.

Track three "The Hunter" has a very live feel to it and a great triplet groove going on over a very dark lyric. The next track, "South Of The Border", apparently all about a closet homosexual named Garth, shows the lighter, more comical and irreverent side of the band both lyrically and musically. Even though it has a country rock vibe to it in parts, there's still plenty of unusual goings on in the vein of Zappa and Captain Beefheart to keep the listener on their toes. Though not my favourite track of the album, I do applaud their experimentalism and quirky sense of humour.

"Cashflow" is an instrumental track with some elements of Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant (particularly the clavinet playing) and even hints of Steely Dan here and there. Track six, "The Downward Spiral/Chimay" is two tracks in one and probably the hardest track to get involved in. It's not a bad track, but it doesn't really go anywhere and I find myself looking forward to the next track rather than listening to this one.

Now we get to their magnum opus, "Sleeping In Traffic". Sometimes, even now, after CDs have been around for many years, it's hard for me to get my head around songs that are more than 20 minutes long. Having said that, this track is well worth the time spent in listening.

The compositional aspects of this track draws from many different sources of progressive song writing and keeps the listener engaged without rushing from one section to the next. There is a fluidity and un-hurriedness about the track that deserves uninterrupted listening with a good speaker system or set of headphones.

The musicianship is excellent throughout and the bed tracks were by all reports recorded live. The only slight let-down in my opinion, would be the strength of the vocals. There are a few intonation problems in this track not evident in the other vocal tracks on the CD. However, I must stress that I'm being very picky here; I'm a bit of a pitch Nazi, I'm afraid.

Overall, there's much to like about this album and this band in general. I'll certainly be checking out their other releases. Suffice to say that this album has pride of place in my car stereo at the moment.