This album is INCREDIBLE! If you took the surf interludes Mr. Bungle used to break down into mixed them with John Zorn's movie soundtrack explorations and Sun City Girls damaged twisted humor you would have the Diminished Men! 'Shadow Instrumentals' is the perfect mix of dark, almost pitch black menacing carnival freakshow music that has come out in years - maybe EVER. Producer Randall Dunn (Sunn 0))), Sun City Girls, Six Organs of Admittance ... etc.) spared no expenses making the music sound as murky and trippy as it should be. 'L'Appel du Vere' from Roman Polanskis 'The Tenant' is filled fire cracker tight drum rolls leading the listener to get more and more uncomfortable as it leads to a sensually exotic conclusion in 'A Housewive's Dram'. Watch out for the shadowy figure dressed all in black hiding in the corner and hold this record tight! Limited to 500 copies and 180 grams strong - its sure to disappear quickly! 8/10 -- Darryl Norsen (14 January, 2010)