In the Wake of Poseidon

After the departure of three founding members, Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfield assumed expanded roles for <i>In the Wake of Poseidon</i>. In the snarling proto-punk assault of “Pictures of a City”, King Crimson foreshadows grunge, but they are quick to balance the mood with “Cadence and Cascade,” a sliver acoustic folk as seamless as a glass vase. “The Devil’s Triangle” is the album’s intricate centrepiece. Listeners who venture through its cloudbank of mellotron and strings are rewarded with a finale of eruptive psychedelia.