Having pursued the Bucca Dhu and Deadpan through the closet door, Skull and Bones find themselves in the monster's home universe: an almost completely oceanic world with near-constant thunderstorms filling the sky. Skull and Bones follow the creature to its lair, a small rocky cavern on a gloomy little island, and they manage to free Deadpan. Then they search for the way back to the Old Hackmore Place in their home universe. The Bucca Dhu, enraged that they were able to injure its body with their fireplace pokers, pursues them along the way. The children take a wrong turn, fumbling through countless alternate Wyrdhams as they try to escape their stalker. Will they ever find their way home?
Another riveting winner from the Australian label Altered States, the latest from Troth floats aching vocals over ambient synth beds. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 19, 2020