Clocking in at nearly two hours, 'The Lamb As Effigy' resembles an aural parallel to the human experience itself, with all the glorious beauty, crushing brutality and unexplainable chaos that comes with it intact. Explosions of earth-sundering guitars, angelic keys, swirling strings and bursts of improvised electronic noise coalesce to weave a visceral yet unique sonic tapestry bearing hints of no-wave, sound collage, 20th-century avant-garde and free jazz. Spanning bellowing howls, emphatic spoken word and nuanced croons, Alex Kent's dynamic vocal delivery adds texture to these eight meditations on otherwise immaterial topics and the meaning or the lack thereof they embody.