The start of Coil’s second Musick To Play In The Dark album, released in late 2000, is so incredibly quiet that nobody could be blamed from double checking their volume control a few times, but that itself is a reflection of just how far they had gone in reinventing their approaches over the years that a group known for often overwhelming noise on several fronts could shift on “Something” to what seems like the softest of dark winds. With Coil now a trio following Drew McDowall’s departure, the core of John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Thighpaulsandra follow understandably in the vein of the first album in their work here but don’t simply repeat it, finding new ways to experiment with subtlety and space: bubbling whorls of noise around quiet piano, vocals heavily treated in queasy fashion, a psychedelia that doesn’t aim to overwhelm. The concluding “Batwings (A Liminal Hymn)” is one of the group’s most moving performances, Balance’s voice a deep yearn over quietly lovely music, while the sequencer flow of “Tiny Golden Books” balances drive with a slow build of spooky effects, a trip into the heavens.