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Aranka Fabian?s latest album ?Interpolation? is a perfect example of such skillful and socially pertinent musical reductionism. Constantly traversing musical realms and moods yet logically sequenced and inexplicably related, the album is reminiscent of a stream-of-consciousness narrative. Despite the similarity to one?s own roving thoughts, the songs seldom slip into complete abstraction; instead elegant structures of the songs resist the common trappings of whimsy. Nor do the songs seem to emulate particular genres or artists but different aspects of the band?s personality are revealed in disparate environments. Though more than half the album is instrumental with frequent journeys into esoteric regions of jazz with frequent allusions to ambient electronica, somehow it remains difficult not to describe the music as ?pop.? Gently contoured vocal melodies, lyrical guitar solos, eloquent piano arrangements, intriguingly amorphous drumming and subtle synthetic touches coalesce to form an accomplishment of true artistry.