"Resume the Cosmos" finds the unclassifiable Virginian band Rake performing some of their most diverting and accessible work to date. The five nameless tracks that make up the disc were culled from many hours of studio improvisation, not only on a range of atmospheric instrumentation, but also with studio space and "silence" itself. The elusive membership of Rake play out like reconstructed indie rock fans with fistfuls of Sun Ra/Coltrane/70s Miles/Art Ensemble of Chicago/Henry Cow scattered throughout their metal, kraut and psych shelves, with the resulting unexpected collisions creating something different from pretty much anything else. "Resume the Cosmos" is free group-trance soul expunging improvisation with only occasional skronkadelic speaker cone disintegration moments and lots of spaces to curl up in and reflect both inwards and outwards. Predominant textures and timbres of the pieces are set by blasts of saxophone and clarinet over spirit drones and lots of intriguing and unorthodox percussive effects on "musical" and found objects.