In Chaos, Clouds and Tongue there are many elements working together - but nothing clutters up the view. It's no simple feat to have music so full of content and not have it feel muddied. Clear like a Haydn string quartet: lots going on but with no musical baggage. Or stained glass windows: plenty of colors, patterns and a big picture, but it lets the light through --- or more simply: like a fisherman's net. Stephen Jay has taken all of his unique approaches to musical cultures, contrasting textures and lyrics and woven them together into views out windows, looking up at skies, dancing over the ground, contemplations and musings which will be unique for every listener –a spacious and complex experience which can vary over time just as the clouds in the sky – same view above yet never the same. Taking part in this inventive tour of sounds are Pete Gallagher on drums and additional drumming and percussion by Ian and Miles Jay.Miles provides driving yet gentle force on upright bass on a few tracks with Stephen Jay’s electric bass which supports every track on the album.