Thank you, Bulldog!
Who here has not had the occasion where another member unsolicitedly throws an album your way by an artist that you never heard of and instantly you know what will be wearing out your speakers for a long time to come. This is a favorite of mine right from the first listen.
Cuong Wu is a Korean trumpet player, and, as is the case with most trumpet based music, it's almost a reflex to throw what he's doing here into the jazz category, but this is pure post-rock (bordering on free jazz at times). There is such an amazing dynamic energy to his playing and somehow he manages to stay far away from all of the pitfall jazz cliches that so often pigeonhole the instrument into the jazz style. Backed by bass, drums and guitar, the ensemble transitions from ambient to cacophonous noise and back again all the while maintaining a solid unshakable cohesion.
Fans of fusion, free jazz, and post-rock are almost guaranteed to love this.