This is quite a departure from the soothing, crystaline soundscapes of it's predecessor "Auf Tauchfahrt" - instead, THORNS is constantly grating the eardrums with shifting tonalities, ever changing mock-rhythm-patterns and loads of clinks and clonks. Nevertheless, the tracks are concise and the rigid structure makes the "hard" sounds surprisingly accessible. Such music is individually perceived in different ways by nature, but to me THORNS is neither Dark nor Ambient, but surreal, queer and very exciting, standing quite on it's own within the genre and avoiding all it's cliches. If I was into taking drugs to music, I would probably go for acid instead of barbs for this one...