The Mellotron has graced songs by some of rock's most important and popular artists: David Bowie's "Space Oddity," King Crimson's "The Court Of The Crimson King," and the Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years From Home," to name but a few. Yet it's always seemed more like a side dish than a main course in these contexts. Ross Goldstein-a rock musician with psychedelic inclinations (see his recordings with Devin Gary & Ross, Fog Window, etc.)-decided to thrust the Mellotron to the forefront with a trilogy of albums that culminates in the riveting new collection Chutes And Ladders, which follows 2018's The Eighth House and 2020's Timoka.

Side A

1. Amae

2. Diabolo

3. 2020

4. The Blue Desert

5. Allegretto (Beethoven)

6. Dispatches

Side B

7. Alien Hatchery

8. Socorro

9. Journey to the End of the Night

10. More Than Human

11. Largo (Shostakovich)